Hong Kong International School, Tai Tam, Hong Kong, was founded and is owned by The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. We are a coeducational school for students from R1-12, providing an American-based curriculum to a diverse student population. We offer a unique,…
Requests for reinstatement
MARK D. ANSCHUTZ, Topeka, Kan.; KIMBERLY J. BORTZ, Orlando, Fla.; KARA CLOSS, Fairmont, Minn.; and JANICE E. KOOPMAN, Seward, Neb., have applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Commissioned roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Correspondence regarding these applications should…
Calls for nominations: university, district positions
Concordia University, Portland, seeks nominations and applications for a level IV staff position, beginning this spring. This position is responsible for administration and supervision of the Academic Applications Division of Information and Technology Services at Concordia. This division provides direct…
Notice: nominations for seminary president
According to the Bylaws of Synod (3.7.1.6.2 [c]), nominations for the presidency of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, may be put forward only by the following entities: congregations of the Synod, the Board for Pastoral Education, the Board of Regents of…
Seminaries offer free visits
Both Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod seminaries — Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne — are offering free campus visits to prospective students in March. The three-day visits are open to men, college age and older, and their wives…
New Directions conference info to arrive in February
Synod congregations, mission societies, districts, seminaries, and former missionaries should be receiving in February information about “New Directions ’05 — A Networking Conference for Mission Responders,” to be held April 28-May 1 at the St. Louis Airport Marriott. Theme of…
Call for nominations: education executive
The Board for University Education (BUE) and the Board of Directors of the Concordia University System (CUS) is seeking nominations/applications for the executive director BUE/president CUS. The executive director/president is directly responsible to the Board for University Education and is…
Registration opens for `Living Well` symposium
Registration is now open for Wheat Ridge Ministries’ National Symposium on Health and Hope, set for Oct. 13-15 in Denver. With the theme of “Living Well,” the event is being planned as a highlight of the organization’s 100th anniversary this year,…
Is your congregation ready for prime time?
By Jeff Crilley When I was growing up as a preacher’s kid in Detroit, I just figured everyone’s father was interviewed on the news and quoted in the paper each week. It seemed like there were always cameras in my father’s…
The ELCA Task Force Report on Sexuality: An LCMS Response
On January 13, 2005 the “Task Force for ELCA Studies on Sexuality” released its report and recommendations concerning the matter of “blessing same-sex couples who have entered into long-term monogamous covenants of love and care” and the question of “the…
New from CPH: Sermons of Nagel
New from Concordia Publishing House is Selected Sermons of Norman Nagel: From Valparaiso to St. Louis, a collection of 50 years of sermons by Lutheran educator Dr. Norman Nagel. Nagel teaches graduate systematic theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He received…
February 2005 Letters
Teach stewardship The Synod’s excellent definition of Christian stewardship is: “The free and joyous activity of the child of God and God’s family, the church, in managing all of life and life’s resources for God’s purposes.” However, periodic reports of difficult…
Lutherans join 100,000 in `March for Life`
Despite a weekend storm that dumped up to two feet of snow over much of the East Coast and Midwest, an estimated 100,000 people — including a delegation from Lutherans For Life (LFL) — took part in this year’s “March…
Growth of Kyrgyz Lutheran church exceeds expectations
“God has exceeded our small expectations,” says LCMS missionary Sue Pfeil in Kyrgyzstan, who reports that more than 650 men, women, and children were involved in Lutheran worship services, Sunday schools, Bible studies, confirmation classes, and cell groups by the…
Board sends mailing on Amendment A
In a December mailing to LCMS congregations, the Synod’s Board of Directors said that now “is probably not the time for congregations of the Synod to affirm a change to the Constitution of the Synod.” The mailing spoke to “Constitutional Amendment…
Online giving sees `dramatic` increase
Response to the South Asia tsunami disaster and a new system for receiving gifts on the Synod’s Web site have led to a dramatic increase in online giving to LCMS ministries, says the manager of online giving for the LCMS…
