The 16 new missionaries and their spouses will serve in nine countries including Peru, Ghana, the Dominican Republic, Togo and the United Kingdom.
CPS named one of ‘healthiest workplaces’ nationwide
The national award to Concordia Plan Services recognizes employers who have incorporated effective employee-wellness programs and practices.
March 1 is order deadline for ‘Armed Forces Sunday’
Resources are available to help congregations celebrate the special Sunday on May 18.
New resources available for Lent
Concordia Publishing House, Lutheran Hour Ministries and the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League are offering new Lenten resources for 2014.
Schmidt begins as associate director, School Ministry
Dr. Rebecca Schmidt has almost 36 years of experience in early-childhood education and school leadership.
Survey begins process of updating ‘Explanation’
Beginning Feb. 10, a survey spread over six months asks rostered LCMS workers for their input regarding the six chief parts of “Luther’s Small Catechism.”
Symposium: Relationships key to ’emerging adults’
The Youth Ministry 2014 Symposium focuses on the life stage known as “emerging adulthood” — young people ages 18 to 34.
Heise accepts call to top LHF post
Missionary Rev. Matthew Heise accepts a call to become executive director of the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, effective April 1.
Commentary: Black History Month — a look back, forward
How did the LCMS begin its black ministry, and what lies ahead? The Rev. Dr. Roosevelt Gray Jr. shares his insights.
Seminary hosts symposia, ‘best time’ of year
Attendees from some 20 countries brave the cold to engage two themes at Concordia Theological Seminary’s theological symposia.
Nine educators to receive 2014 LEA awards
Dr. Ross Stueber of Cedarburg, Wis., recipient of the Christus Magister Award, heads the list of educators honored by Lutheran Education Association this year.
Feeding the hungry at Antsirabe blind school
See photographs from the Antsirabe blind school on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Madagascar. LCMS President Matthew C. Harrison visited the school, which was the recipient of an LCMS emergency grant after the Rev. Dr. Albert Collver, LCMS Director of Church Relations, learned that the children were malnourished due to budget cuts from European partners when he toured the school last October.
President Harrison visits Madagascar
See photographs of LCMS President Matthew C. Harrison as he visits a Lutheran church near Antsirabe, Madagascar, on Feb. 5, 2014. Harrison addressed the opening of the Fiangonana Loterana Malagasy synodical convention.
Sem dedication a dream come true for Ghana church leader
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana Bishop Rev. Dr. Paul Kofi Fynn and some 700 others, including LCMS leaders, gather Feb. 2 for the dedication of that church body’s new seminary building.
Seminary dedication in Ghana
See photographs from the dedication of the Lutheran Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in Greater Accra, Ghana. LCMS President Rev. Dr . Matthew C. Harrison and ELGC Bishop Paul Fynn lead the ceremony. Photographs by Erik M. Lunsford, staff photojournalist in LCMS Communications.
