Updates from LCMS day schools, campus ministries, universities and seminaries.
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2026 National Offering: ‘Tell the Next Generation’
Gifts to the 2026–2029 National Offering will directly benefit ongoing domestic work carried out at the local level by LCMS congregations, districts and others.
Necessary conversations: The church parsonage
Some LCMS parsonages are not maintained as well as they should be.
School and church leaders discuss tax credit potential
The roundtable was hosted in Washington, D.C., by the Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Paul W. Devantier, former executive director of LCMS Communications
The Rev. Dr. Paul Walter Devantier died on Nov. 30 at the age of 79.
National Lutheran Schools Week will ‘make a joyful noise’
National Lutheran Schools Week will take place Jan. 25–31, 2026.
Boards hold last meetings of year
Updates from the LCMS Board of Directors, Council of Presidents and Boards for International Mission and National Mission.
Seminarians learn about church planting
In October, students from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, gained hands-on experience in church planting by visiting the LCMS South Wisconsin District.
Campus clips: Thank you, ‘Doc’
Updates from LCMS day schools, campus ministries, universities and seminaries.
National Offering bears translation fruit
The 2023–2026 National Offering, “We Preach Christ Crucified for All,” has supported efforts to make selected materials and resources available in other languages.
‘Set Apart to Serve’: With thanksgiving for our church workers
St. Paul teaches all of us, both those who serve and those who are being served, to be thankful in all things.
All Nations Council gathers in St. Louis
The gathering brought together 13 representatives from 10 different ethnic mission societies and ministries around the country.
‘Together as Synod’ gifts support areas of greatest opportunity
Every undesignated gift to the LCMS bolsters domestic and international efforts to give a bold witness, show mercy and live life together as children of God.
LEA bids farewell to Laabs, welcomes Wrege
Dr. Thomas Wrege, who succeeds Dr. Jonathan C. Laabs, will begin serving Jan. 1, 2026.
Campus clips: Concordias break ground, announce new partnerships
Updates from LCMS schools, universities, campus ministries and seminaries.
Congregational tool assists Synod’s connection with youth
Recently, a new online form was released that makes the annual reporting process simpler, more efficient and more secure.
