Lutheran church in Spain installs first pastor

The newly forming Evangelical Lutheran Church of Spain celebrated this fall 10 years of mission…

Madagascar Medical Team: 'a God thing, a good thing'

By Kim Plummer Krull When a 60-foot shipping container filled with much needed medical equipment…

Mission boards begin work on theological 'foundation,' policies

By Joe Isenhower Jr. The Synod’s two new Boards for National and International Mission (BNM…

LHM offers first Regional Outreach Conference

St. Louis-based Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) will be hosting its first Regional Outreach Conference Feb.…

Senske book discusses living 'life of significance'

In his new book The Calling: Live a Life of Significance, Dr. Kurt Senske offers…

Restructuring begins, 12 positions eliminated

Twelve positions at the LCMS International Center in St. Louis will be eliminated Dec. 1,…

Missionary wins Mission Month photo contest

By Paula Schlueter Ross Missionary Erin Mackenzie says she was “very excited” to hear that…

LCMS congregations model Jesus' 'community outreach'

By Kim Plummer Krull After members of Faith Lutheran Church participated in a workshop to…

CHI exhibits Durer prints

A new exhibit of Concordia Historical Institute’s (CHI) 41 prints from woodcuts by Albrecht Durer…

Resources available for 2011 'Life Sunday'

LCMS Life Ministries and Lutherans For Life (LFL) both are offering resources designed to help…

CPH offers new Advent-Christmas resources, gift catalog

The 2010 children’s Christmas program from Concordia Publishing House, “God’s Love at Christmas,” is based…

Commentary: Flunking the religious knowledge test

By Gene Edward Veith Do atheists know more about religion than religious people do?  That…

LCMS, SELC conduct fellowship discussions

By Albert B. Collver On Oct. 28, a delegation from the LCMS consisting of Dr.…

Gulf Coast food banks still in demand

NEW ORLEANS (RNS) — Even with the deep-sea oil hemorrhage halted and much of the…

Christianity's contributions mostly negative, Americans say

(RNS) — When asked about Christianity’s recent contributions to society, Americans cited more negatives than…

Lutherans' 'positive steps' help suffering Haitians

By Kim Plummer Krull Ten months after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, news stories…