With the name of Jesus and at the celebration of His first shedding of blood, we begin our new year.
New This Week
Respect for Marriage Act: Misnamed law threatens religious liberty
On Dec. 13, President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law.
‘Behold the Man’: December LW
The December issue of The Lutheran Witness explores how Lutheran anthropology informs and directs our lives here and in the life to come.
From the mission field: Living voices of the Gospel in Papua New Guinea
Updates about LCMS mission work around the world.
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.
Right administration of the sacraments
The true “marks” of the church are evident to all and provide sufficient grounds to identify the presence of true fellowship.
‘Profound unity and purpose’ in Kenya
In September, representatives from the LCMS gathered in Kisumu, Kenya, with representatives from 34 of the Synod’s partner churches to discuss the work of the confessional Lutheran church around the world.
Youth Ministry shares findings of Gathering participant poll
Youth Gathering participants have taken the poll at every Gathering since the first one in 1980.
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.
Consider a year-end ‘Together as Synod’ gift
An undesignated gift to the LCMS enhances domestic and international efforts to witness, show mercy to others and live life together as children of God.
Oldest historically black LCMS church in Mississippi destroyed by arson
The church traces its beginning to the 1930s.
Harrison receives CHI’s Distinguished Service Award
Concordia Historical Institute (CHI) hosted its 49th annual awards banquet on Nov. 10.
Ankerberg to serve as CUWAA president
Ankerberg previously served as provost of Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill.
BNM discusses ONM leadership, Synod convention
The LCMS Board for National Mission convened Oct. 13 and 14 in St. Louis.
