This issue of LW contains an overview of the first Christian community and how its members interacted together as the Body of Christ.
Placements, pastoral formation headline COP meeting
The COP met in both St. Louis and Fort Wayne to facilitate participation in the call and placement services at the two LCMS seminaries.
Translation leaders gather for National Offering ‘summit’
The National Offering will support the ongoing translation of solid Lutheran resources into languages other than English.
Starting the conversation: April ‘Lutheran Witness’
The April issue of The Lutheran Witness takes up the topic of chaste community.
Buoyed by hope: March ‘Lutheran Witness’
The March issue is about the hope we have in Christ.
‘The righteous shall live by faith’: Planting a Lutheran church in Rome
As interest in Lutheran teaching has increased in Italy, the LCMS has sought to respond.
Sanctified by the Word: COP, BOD hold separate, combined meetings
At the joint session, each group shared updates and answered questions from the other group that will set the stage for further cooperation.
January ‘Witness’: God giving to us
The January issue of The Lutheran Witness walks readers through the worship service of the Lutheran church.
December ‘Witness’: The gift of children
The December issue of The Lutheran Witness considers how children bless us and how we might bless them.
November ‘Witness’: What is truth?
Truth is found in the Son of God, who came to be truth in the flesh for us.
October ‘LW’: Difficult teachings of the Bible
The October issue of The Lutheran Witness takes up difficult teachings of the Bible.
September ‘LW’ digs in to archaeology and apologetics
The issue explores both the promise and limits of archaeology in the apologetic task.
August ‘Witness’: Ancient and modern heresies
The August issue of The Lutheran Witness discusses ancient heresies such as Arianism and Eutychianism as well as modern heresies such as the Prosperity Gospel or Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.
Delegates adopt multiple resolutions on church and culture
The resolutions covered issues of racism, abortion, vaccines and more.
Convention affirms closed Communion and biblical sexuality
Floor Committee 5 finished its business at the 68th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, presenting resolutions on Communion practice, Lutheran education, and marriage and sexuality.
