Seminaries offer free visits to prospective students

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., have scheduled free visitation…

Day installed as executive director, National Mission

The Rev. John Barton “Bart” Day was installed Aug. 1 as executive director of the…

Bible story project mixes media to reach deaf, those who hear

The first of 12 Bible story books combining written language, art work and illustrated sign…

Head of Southern Christian Leadership Conference dies

(RNS) — Rev. Howard Creecy Jr., a Baptist preacher chosen early this year as the…

Vatican unveils new JPII iPhone app

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pilgrims at next month’s Catholic World Youth Day in Madrid will…

Norway's churches try to foster healing after attacks

TRONDHEIM (RNS/ENInews) — A Norwegian bishop addressing the recent bombing and shooting attacks in Norway…

Pressure Points (August 2011)

With Dr. Bruce Hartung Reader: Thanks for “cracking open the door” on congregational response of…

Requests for Reinstatement (August 2011)

BRUCE CHARLES MORANT, Palos Verdes, Calif., and KEVIN A. HAHN, Marinette, Wis., have applied for…

Positions (August 2011)

Concordia Plan Services (CPS), the benefits administrator for The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), seeks a…

Items wanted, available (August 2011)

Note: Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to…

Gifts help lift spirits of flood evacuees

By Kim Plummer Krull Five weeks after the sirens blasted a final evacuation warning, Amanda…

Judge tosses out circumcision referendum

(RNS) — A proposed circumcision ban will not appear on San Francisco’s citywide ballot in…

Stott, called 'evangelical pope,' dies at age 90

(RNS) — Rev. John Stott, a renowned and prolific author credited with shaping 20th-century evangelical…

Higher Things conferences draw record 2,100 participants

Three four-day Higher Things Lutheran youth conferences in July drew a record total attendance of…

Lutherans plan response to East Africa drought crisis

In response to the life-threatening drought in East Africa, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya…

Walther Bicentennial celebration includes tours, movie

The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is planning several two-day tours of historic Lutheran sites in St.…