There are just two weeks left to raise the remaining $1,023 for the “Christ’s Care for Children: Libraries in Kenya” project.
Official Notice: Convention delegate names, addresses (March 2016)
Names and addresses of all voting delegates to the 2016 LCMS convention will be available March 1.
Confessional Lutherans, Anglicans draw closer
Participants in the Anglican Church in North America, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and Lutheran Church—Canada’s ongoing ecumenical dialogue release an interim report on their work so far.
BNM meeting includes calls for strengthening Lutheran families
The Feb. 12-13 meeting of the LCMS Board for National Mission includes reports on Millennials and steady declines in Synod membership.
Rast reappointed as Fort Wayne seminary president
The Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Rast Jr., president of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., since 2011, is reappointed to another five years in the post.
BIM calls missionaries, explores significance of Christianity in Africa
The LCMS Board for International Mission calls six rostered church workers and appoints a layperson for service in Eurasia, East Africa and Latin America.
Health Ministry offers online parish-nursing course
The “Introduction to Parish Nursing in a Lutheran Setting” program includes videos, supplemental print materials and guided discussions and activities.
CPH’s ‘Barnyard Roundup’ teaches kids about Jesus’ love
Jesus loves you always and forever, no matter what. That’s the message of Concordia Publishing House’s 2016 vacation Bible school.
Fourth creation conference to discuss human origins
Dr. Robert Carter of Creation Ministries International will be among the speakers addressing “Adam and Eve: Myth or Reality?” at the June 10-11 event in St. Paul, Minn.
Harrison: Is Scalia’s death ‘harbinger of worse things to come’?
LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison issues a statement on the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Discussions encourage Lutheran, Anglican leaders
Leaders of the Anglican Church in North America, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and Lutheran Church—Canada meet Feb. 8-9 in St. Louis.
KFUO to host litigator in crucial religious-liberty cases
On Feb. 17, Alliance Defending Freedom’s Gregory Baylor talks about key religious liberty cases to be decided in 2016.
Synod to sponsor free workshop on mental illness
“The Church and Mental Health” is planned for Saturday, April 9, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
LEA announces nine educator awards for 2016
Mark Muehl of Fort Wayne, Ind., is named to receive Lutheran Education Association’s top “Christus Magister” award.
‘Legendary’ LCMS armed forces ministry leader dies
Chaplain Rev. Dr. Milton Ernstmeyer, past executive secretary of the Synod’s Ministry to the Armed Forces, dies Feb. 5 at the age of 99.
Resources available for Lent
See what’s available from Concordia Publishing House, Lutheran Hour Ministries and the Synod’s Worship ministry.
