The College of Education at Concordia University, Nebraska, Seward, Neb., is hosting an accreditation visit by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) April 14-16, 2013. Interested parties are invited to submit third-party comments to the visiting team.…
Pressure Points (December 2012)
With Dr. Bruce Hartung Q: Politics has put some rough edges on family and church relationships. People in our church have some very different political views. They support different candidates. But what makes it really hard is that they attack…
Positions (December 2012)
The LCMS Office of National Mission, St. Louis, seeks a manager, Disaster Response. The candidate must be a member in good standing of an LCMS congregation and have training in theology from a Concordia University System school or an LCMS…
Official notice: audits for LCEF, LCMS Foundation (December 2012)
The audits and summary budgets of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund and The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Foundation have been completed and are available upon written request. Please direct your request to: Lutheran Church Extension Fund Sunset Corporate Center 10733 Sunset Office Drive St.…
Official notice: requests for reinstatement (December 2012)
WILLIAM J. SCHUERMAN, Milwaukee, Wis., has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion–Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. DONNA L. BOBB, Carmel, Ind.; KELLY HANSEN, Orange, Calif.; BRENDA HANTULA, Orange, Calif.; and ANTHONY A. WITTMAN, Columbus, Ind., have…
Convention vote reunites Philippine partner church
The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) — a partner church with the LCMS — is reunited, after being separated into two distinct factions for more than two decades. Reunification came Oct. 26 in a vote of delegates from both…
Synod responds to suffering from 'overshadowed' quake in Guatemala
By Kim Plummer Krull While traveling to New Jersey to help with Superstorm Sandy relief, the Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director of Church and Community Development with the LCMS Office of National Mission, got a call from a Guatemalan pastor about…
LHM announces 2013 outreach conferences
Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) is planning eight Regional Outreach Conferences for 2013. The conferences are designed to inspire, energize and equip attendees to share God’s love, nurture their families and witness to the community. Through presentations, hands-on witnessing opportunities and…
Lutherans invited to join Jan. 25 'March for Life'
Lutherans are invited to mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion by participating in the national “March for Life” on Friday, Jan. 25, in Washington, D.C. Since that decision in…
Resources available for 2013 'Life Sunday'
LCMS Life Ministries and Lutherans For Life (LFL) are both offering resources designed to help congregations observe “Life Sunday” on Jan. 20, 2013. The observance marks the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 22, 1973, decision that legalized…
Freitag to receive Silver St. Martin of Tours Medal
Merle Freitag of Wildwood, Mo., former president of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF), has been selected to receive the Silver St. Martin of Tours Medal from the LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces Committee and the Office of International…
Church leaders say returning vets need time, attention
(RNS) — When Staff Sgt. Brandon Hill came home from his third tour in Iraq last year, he expected his wife and young daughters at the welcoming ceremony. What he didn’t expect were the pastors, secretaries and members of their…
Helping Sandy survivors with 'long, long' recovery
By Kim Plummer Krull No congregations of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod are located in the Rockaways, but that was no detour for LCMS members who volunteered in those Long Island, N.Y., communities on Monday (Nov. 12), grilling and delivering hot food…
New Archbishop of Canterbury inherits a divided Anglican Communion
By Trevor Grundy CANTERBURY, England (RNS) — Bishop Justin Welby, a former oil executive who’s emerged as a critic of corporate excess, was named Nov. 9 as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England and leader…
Grimenstein is director, Missionary Services
The Rev. Dr. Edward O. Grimenstein was installed as director, Missionary Services, for the LCMS Office of International Mission (OIM) during a Nov. 8 Matins service at the Synod’s International Center in St. Louis. OIM Executive Director Rev. Randall L.…
What won, what lost on 2012 state ballot measures
Gay marriage Did Maryland voters approve gay marriage? YES Did Maine voters approve gay marriage? YES Did Minnesota voters define marriage as being between one man and one woman? NO Did Washington state voters approve gay marriage? YES Marijuana Did Arkansas voters approve medical marijuana? NO Did Colorado voters approve…
