At your urging, we’re working to establish an LCMS office — the Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty — in Washington, D.C., the epicenter of where a compelling Christian witness is most needed.
Plans taking shape for 2017 Reformation celebration
Worship opportunities, outreach grants, Web resources and a documentary are some of the ways the Synod and its partners plan to mark the 500th Reformation anniversary.
Video: La Via – See one LCMS family’s journey to the mission field
Follow the Ruesch family as they answer Christ’s call to become LCMS missionaries in Puerto Rico. Over the course of twelve episodes, learn how they enter the mission field and see how their life changes before their eyes… and yours!
Harrison shares Holy Week message
Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison notes that on Good Friday, “that day of deepest darkness, our God was loving the world, loving you and me and all who fail Him.”
MMT scholarships available for college students
To be eligible for the Mercy Medical Team scholarships, a student must be enrolled in a health-related program at a Concordia University System school.
Wanted: Feedback on updating Small Catechism Explanation
The update is needed because of “many changes in the understanding of morals, civil law and natural law in church and society,” according to the 2013 Synod convention.
CPH’s ‘Camp Discovery’ shows kids they can depend on Jesus
Concordia Publishing House’s new vacation Bible school, “Camp Discovery,” is designed to illustrate that God has big plans for His children, right now!
In April’s ‘Lutheran Witness’
This issue of the magazine explores vocation, with stories like “Christ Works through You” and “What Is God’s Will for My Life?”
Update to Explanation of the Small Catechism
In response to 2013 Resolution 3-13A, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations is undertaking an update to Luther’s Small Catechism with Explanation, last revised in 1991.
Photo gallery: Raising Church Workers for Tanzania
In March, 21 new pastoral candidates were ordained and seven deaconesses were commissioned in a service with more than 1,000 worshipers at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania — South-East of Lake Victoria Diocese’s (ELCT-SELVD) Ebenezer Cathedral in Shinyanga.
Movie review: ‘Insurgent’
While the film doesn’t club viewers over the head with Christian content, it does include Christian themes, writes reviewer Rev. Ted Giese.
Disability Task Force updating resources
The online resources — designed to assist those with physical and mental disabilities — will be shared via “flash drive” with this spring’s seminary and deaconess graduates.
Following in steps of civil-rights ‘foot soldiers’ — 50 years later
Lutherans join the 50-year anniversary observance of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Ala., as Concordia College Alabama holds its 2015 Civil Rights Symposium.
NLSA names five ‘exemplary’ schools for 2015-16
The National Lutheran School Accreditation Commission selects five Lutheran schools in the United States for special recognition as “exemplary accredited schools.”
Geisler wins Disaster Response Hymn Contest
A hymn written by Dr. Carol Geisler, a former Lutheran school principal who lives in St. Louis, is the winning entry.
Seminar underscores plight of Christians facing persecution
Stephanie Hammond addresses “Global Christian Cleansing: Rising Religious Persecution and What You Should Know” March 11 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
