The theme of the Black Clergy Caucus Fall Conference was “Empowering and Advancing the Next Generation.”
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From our table to yours: Reporter staff shares favorite recipes
Merry Christmas from the staff of Reporter.
Set Apart to Serve hosts deaconess program leaders
The gathering included leaders from LCMS institutions that certify LCMS deaconesses.
Campus clips: Concordias welcome new staff, report growth
Updates from LCMS day schools, universities and seminaries.
From the mission field: Sharing the pure Gospel in Japan
The Rev. Dr. Hiroaki Yoshimura was ordained into the Office of the Holy Ministry on Sept. 3.
National Mission offers life grant application training
The training will provide helpful guidance in applying for a Million Dollar Life Match grant.
‘Prepare the way of the Lord’: A sermon from President Harrison
The Christian life is a life of repentance.
‘Appreciative response’: Listening-based giving
The LCMS has been blessed by two large gifts, each in excess of $3 million.
Student loan relief offered for Synod workers
MinistryFOCUS, a Recognized Service Organization of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), provides student loan relief to LCMS workers.
Town hall highlights resource hub
The Set Apart to Serve resource hub is a collection of materials curated for parents, church workers and laity to use when speaking to youth about a vocation in the church.
Specialized Care expands endorsement options
Specialized Spiritual Care Ministry supports church workers serving in specialized settings such as hospitals, prisons or senior living communities.
‘To the ends of the earth’: Pastors needed in Asia
The Rev. Dr. James A. Baneck, executive director of the LCMS Office of Pastoral Education, recently visited Singapore, Vietnam and Taiwan.
‘The Lord is near’: Maui fire recovery continues
The Maui response exemplifies the Synod working together to help a Lutheran church and school be the light of Christ in their community.
December ‘Witness’: The gift of children
The December issue of The Lutheran Witness considers how children bless us and how we might bless them.
‘Together as Synod’ gifts support areas of greatest opportunity
Undesignated “Together as Synod” gifts are both flexible and cost-effective, supporting whatever is the greatest mission and ministry opportunity at the time the gift is received.
