Cheryl Magness

Managing Editor of Reporter

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Cheryl Magness is managing editor of the print and online versions of Reporter, the official newspaper of the LCMS. She has written for a variety of publications, including The Federalist, Touchstone and The Lutheran Witness, and is a contributor to the book He Restores My Soul from Emmanuel Press. She has degrees in English and music and enjoys playing piano and spending time with her family.

Official notice: Committee for Convention Nominations

The Committee for Convention Nominations provides slates of candidates for many of the officer, board and commission positions to be filled by the 2023 LCMS convention.

LWML to ‘Celebrate the Lord of the Nations’

The 40th Biennial Convention of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League is set for June 22–25 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee.

LHM float wins award at Rose Parade

The float from Lutheran Hour Ministries — titled “A New Day with Jesus” — was awarded the Tournament of Roses Director Award.

Applications open for 2023 national development grants

The application deadline is Feb. 1.

New CEO for LFCU

Amanda Walker previously served at Lutheran Church Extension Fund.

Campus clips: Philanthropy, technology and a visit from Luther

The monthly “Campus Clips” column includes brief reports from LCMS day schools, universities and seminaries.

From the mission field: Giving thanks for Lutheran Heritage Foundation

In the LCMS Latin America and Caribbean region, LHF has provided more than 110,000 books in Spanish for churches and missions.

National Lutheran Schools Week 2023: ‘Making Disciples for Life’

LCMS School Ministry has developed a variety of resources for use during NLSW.

Pilot program to test SAS resources

Set Apart to Serve (SAS) is a Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod effort launched in 2019 to raise up future church workers.

St. Martin Lutheran School for the Deaf: Teaching the ‘whole person’

St. Martin Lutheran School for the Deaf accepts students from preschool through eighth grade and operates in space provided by Emmanuel Lutheran Church and School in Dearborn, Mich.

‘A way to serve’: Organist honored for 70 years at same congregation

Eileen Jones began serving at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Britton, Mich., when she was 16 years old.

Bernhard M. Seter scholarship to support church work students in Africa

Recipients of the scholarship must be studying to become Lutheran pastors, deaconesses or Christian evangelists serving in Africa LCMS partner churches.

Positions (Dec. 2022)

Positions are available with the Concordia University System.

Oldest historically black LCMS church in Mississippi destroyed by arson

The church traces its beginning to the 1930s.

Ankerberg to serve as CUWAA president

Ankerberg previously served as provost of Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill.

New staff installed in St. Louis

In October, new staff were installed at the LCMS International Center in the areas of Pastoral Education, National Mission and Mission Advancement.