Contributions to mark LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) Sunday Nov. 21 will benefit…
New children's book links Lutherans to malaria initiative
By Paula Schlueter Ross Little things can make big differences — especially when it comes…
European bishops establish Christian rights watchdog
WARSAW (RNS/ENInews) — Roman Catholic bishops from across Europe have set up an organization to…
Harvard scholar holds the threads to social fabric
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (RNS) — Harvard University scholar Robert Putnam has earned a reputation as an…
Utah meeting seeks to unify Orthodox Christians
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) — If a group of Orthodox Christians meeting in Salt Lake…
Courts uphold teen's piercing, religious license plates
(RNS) — Two federal courts have issued strong defenses of religious expression in two separate…
Magazine: Most think sex offenders should be in pews
(RNS) — Nearly eight in 10 respondents to a Christianity Today International survey said convicted…
World Mission launches 'intentional' outreach in cities
By Paula Schlueter Ross Rev. Yohannes Mengsteab believes he has found the world-mission pot of…
Synod membership declines, giving increases
While the Missouri Synod’s 2009 statistical reports show a 1.08 percent loss in baptized membership…
LWML offers new Christmas card
This year’s Christmas card from the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League “celebrates the light of the…
Concordia, Chicago, to host career weekend
High-school sophomores, juniors and seniors who are interested in learning more about church professions are…
Higher Things plans three 2011 youth conferences
Registration opens Nov. 1 for three Higher Things youth conferences next summer — July 5-8…
Zacchaeus' tree now a top tourist destination
JERUSALEM (RNS) — A huge sycamore tree that some believe was climbed by Zacchaeus the…
Author finds faith, fanaticism in 'football god'
AUBURN, Ala. (RNS) — Chad Gibbs has been on a pigskin pilgrimage throughout the South,…
Muslims say free speech must be defended
(RNS) — More than 160 North American Muslims from the U.S. and Canada have issued…
Marie Kienker, LCMS housing director, dies
Luvenia Marie Kienker, executive director of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod’s Lutheran Housing Support Corporation, died…
