By Adriane Dorr The Rev. James Haugen — former pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Columbia City, Ind., and current pastor of Living Water Lutheran Church, Wolf Lake, Ind. — died Thursday, July 19, 2012, as a result of injuries inflicted after accidentally…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) — Seventh-day Adventists have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of two ordinances in an Alabama city that the church says bars it and other religious groups from door-to-door solicitations unless they first register and pay…

Those who wish to attend the 94th International Convention of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League — July 26-28 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada — may still register through Friday, July 20. The theme for the convention is “Sonrise to Sunset,” based on Psalm 113:3 —…

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania dedicated on July 14 a new church in Palanga, Lithuania, with ties to The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. The new church, the Palanga Evangelical Lutheran Church, took seven years to build and its construction was made…

SALEM, N.H. (RNS) — As New England sweltered in early July, Sunday mornings came and went without a single soul showing up for worship in the hot, stuffy sanctuary of First Congregational Church of Salem, N.H. Even the pastor stayed…

(RNS) — Americans’ confidence in organized religion, slowly but steadily declining since the 1970s, slipped to a new low in the latest survey, the Gallup Organization reported. Today only 44 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot”…

By Paula Schlueter Ross Twenty-nine new missionaries will soon be starting work in more than a dozen countries on behalf of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. The missionaries — who range in age and experience from recent college graduates to mid-career couples —…

Two LCMS Recognized Service Organizations that have served blind and low-vision people for many years — both in the United States and worldwide — pooled their resources July 1 to become one entity. Leaders of both Lutheran Blind Mission (LBM), based…

Visitors to the website of KFUO, the Synod’s radio broadcast ministry, will notice that it has changed in appearance during the past year. “We wanted a fresh, new look that would appeal to our listeners and to make it easier…

The 1977 class of Lutheran High School East in Harper Woods, Mich., is planning a 35-year reunion on Aug. 11. For information, contact Laura Pokas at ljpokas@gmail.com. Posted July 17, 2012 Return to Top

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (RNS) — The Rev. Henry Clarke has always enjoyed solving puzzles. But until he was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age of 45, much of his life was a puzzle he just couldn’t work out. Things like math,…

(RNS) — Most members of the clergy are taught to put the physical and spiritual needs of others first, but that self-denial may be harmful to their own health, according to a new Duke University study. Studies of United Methodist pastors…

(RNS/ENInews) — The Church of England’s General Synod decided July 9 to delay a final vote on allowing women to become bishops until a meeting in London this November. Proposed legislation at the General Synod, the church’s governing body, would have…

(RNS) — A large-scale Bible museum will open in Washington, D.C., within four years, say planners who have been touring the world with portions of their collection. Cary Summers, chief operating officer of The Museum of the Bible, a nonprofit umbrella…

Representatives of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession (known by the Czech acronym ECAV) in the Czech Republic signed a “working agreement” July 11 that pledges continuing dialogue between the two church bodies and…

By Kim Plummer Krull Seventeen Indian Lutheran registered nurses completed the inaugural parish nurse training program led by LCMS Health Ministries in partnership with the Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC), introducing a new vocation and a new opportunity for mercy…