Confessional Lutherans, Anglicans draw closer

Participants in the Anglican Church in North America, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and Lutheran Church—Canada’s ongoing ecumenical dialogue release an interim report on their work so far.

BNM meeting includes calls for strengthening Lutheran families

The Feb. 12-13 meeting of the LCMS Board for National Mission includes reports on Millennials and steady declines in Synod membership.

Rast reappointed as Fort Wayne seminary president

The Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Rast Jr., president of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., since 2011, is reappointed to another five years in the post.

BIM calls missionaries, explores significance of Christianity in Africa

The LCMS Board for International Mission calls six rostered church workers and appoints a layperson for service in Eurasia, East Africa and Latin America.

Health Ministry offers online parish-nursing course

The “Introduction to Parish Nursing in a Lutheran Setting” program includes videos, supplemental print materials and guided discussions and activities.

CPH’s ‘Barnyard Roundup’ teaches kids about Jesus’ love

Jesus loves you always and forever, no matter what. That’s the message of Concordia Publishing House’s 2016 vacation Bible school.

Fourth creation conference to discuss human origins

Dr. Robert Carter of Creation Ministries International will be among the speakers addressing “Adam and Eve: Myth or Reality?” at the June 10-11 event in St. Paul, Minn.

KFUO Audio: Interview about LCMS Mercy Medical Teams

KFUO Radio host Andy Bates talks with Tracy Quaethem and volunteers about LCMS Mercy Medical Teams. Quaethem, of LCMS Life and Health Ministries, shares details about the program, and past participants share personal stories from serving in Madagascar, Kenya and other underserved regions.

Harrison: Is Scalia’s death ‘harbinger of worse things to come’?

LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison issues a statement on the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Discussions encourage Lutheran, Anglican leaders

Leaders of the Anglican Church in North America, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and Lutheran Church—Canada meet Feb. 8-9 in St. Louis.

KFUO to host litigator in crucial religious-liberty cases

On Feb. 17, Alliance Defending Freedom’s Gregory Baylor talks about key religious liberty cases to be decided in 2016.

Synod to sponsor free workshop on mental illness

“The Church and Mental Health” is planned for Saturday, April 9, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

LEA announces nine educator awards for 2016

Mark Muehl of Fort Wayne, Ind., is named to receive Lutheran Education Association’s top “Christus Magister” award.

‘Legendary’ LCMS armed forces ministry leader dies

Chaplain Rev. Dr. Milton Ernstmeyer, past executive secretary of the Synod’s Ministry to the Armed Forces, dies Feb. 5 at the age of 99.

Synod supports districts, congregations after storms

The Synod responds to disasters in four states: flooding in Illinois and Missouri, and tornadoes in Mississippi and Texas.

Goeglein discusses life march, pending legal cases

Focus on the Family’s Timothy Goeglein is featured in a Jan. 20 Worldwide KFUO interview.