LCMS Life Ministry was invited to participate in the first Celebrate Life Weekend, held in June to mark the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022.
New This Week
Young Adult Volunteers needed for 2025 Gathering
The application period opened July 15 and will remain open through Dec. 31.
‘And they sang’: Worship institute covers entire psalter in four days
More than 500 pastors, musicians and laity attended the 2024 LCMS Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music.
Emerging Lutheran church body seeks communications director
Lutheran Mission – Australia, an emerging confessional Lutheran church body in Australia, seeks a full-time director of communications.
A ‘wall of water’: Iowa floods strike three LCMS congregations
A response to the June 22 flooding is underway.
Concordia University System regents gather for training
The training was mandated by the Synod in convention.
‘God is with them’: Wildfire response in Chile
Over the past few months, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod has followed through with its strategic disaster response plan for the area.
From the mission field: Christian care for body and soul
Updates about LCMS mission work around the world.
Campus clips: Mission, learning and honors
Updates submitted by LCMS schools, campus ministries, universities and seminaries.
Mock disaster provides training ground for volunteers
In April, Lutherans in North Carolina participated in a Lutheran Early Response Team training event.
BOD adopts $80.6M budget for FY25
The budget reflects an anticipated $78.6M in total revenue and net asset releases, $2.01M in board-designated releases, and a surplus of $51,000.
Specialized Care conference offers practical, theological insight
Specialized Care workers extend their congregation’s Word and Sacrament ministry by providing spiritual care to those in unique circumstances.
Close, closed, close[d] Communion: Three words, one meaning
The Synod in convention has spoken clearly to this issue on many occasions, including in 2023, when it adopted Res. 5-09 by 88.9%.
Summer ‘Engage’: Mercy for neighbor
Among other stories, the issue introduces the “By the Mercies of God” accountability campaign.
Pastoral colloquy policy manual receives updates
The updated manual and application were adopted by the LCMS Colloquy Committee for Pastoral Ministry on Sept. 8, 2023.
Brazil flood response continues
Earlier this year, unprecedented floods destroyed property and displaced thousands of people in the Rio Grande do Sul region in Brazil.
