The website will better facilitate the work of LCMS Disaster Response at both the local and national level.
New This Week
Alliance missionaries called to serve
In partnership with the LCMS, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil recently called eight pastors to serve as alliance missionaries in the Africa and the Latin America and Caribbean regions.
‘Adopt’ a chaplain
The “Adopt-a-Chap” program connects LCMS congregations with the Synod’s Ministry to the Armed Forces by matching LCMS chaplains with those who wish to encourage them.
Wanted: Writers for ‘The Lutheran Witness’
With a deadline of Aug. 1, the November issue of LW will publish the best six to eight articles submitted by LCMS writers over the last year.
LCMS mission boards hold first in-person meetings in more than a year
The Board for International Mission met May 27–28, and the Board for National Mission met June 10–11.
‘In All Things’: New edition of ‘Chapel Talks’ now available
The annual resource is designed to assist Lutheran schools with weekly chapel.
Lutheran camps enjoy return to ‘normal’
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way Lutheran camps operated in 2020, but it did not prevent them from carrying out their mission “to show people the hope they have in Jesus Christ.”
Texas District re-elects Newman
The LCMS Texas District held its 62nd convention June 10–12 in San Marcos, Texas.
Lutheran Public Radio establishes Lutheran Identity Fund at CUC
The fund will support the recruitment of LCMS faculty and students.
CUNE breaks ground on new performing arts center
The building, set to open in Fall 2022, will serve as a collaboration, practice and study center for students and faculty.
Technology grants build capacity ‘to proclaim the Gospel’
The Esther 4:14 National Grant Program will assist some 225 congregations of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod to extend their reach with the purchase of new technology, software or training.
Three-year Bible reading guide updated
The guide is a collaborative project of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, Lutheran Church—Canada and the North American Lutheran Church.
Board of Directors adopts $62.7 million budget for FY22
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Board of Directors met in St. Louis May 20–21.
Spring/Summer ‘Engage’: ‘Whenever and wherever’
The combined Spring/Summer 2021 issue of ‘Lutherans Engage the World’ shows Lutherans continuing to love and serve their neighbors in new and nimble ways.
‘Una Sancta’: June/July ‘Witness’
The June/July issue of The Lutheran Witness explores what it means to be “the one, holy Christian and apostolic Church.”
