Connection points: Forming youth in the faith

There are several organizations that walk beside LCMS congregations, families and schools to to help form youth in the Christian faith.

LEA honors top educators

Dr. Mary Scott, executive director and CEO at Orange Lutheran High School in Orange, Calif., was selected to receive the Christus Magister award, LEA’s highest honor.

From the mission field: Church planting in Tanzania

Updates about LCMS mission work around the world.

Campus clips: Preparing future leaders

Updates from LCMS schools, campus ministries, universities and seminaries.

Spring ‘Engage’: Clinging to Christ’s promises

The Spring issue of ‘Lutherans Engage the World’ shows God’s care for His people through times good and bad.

YouthLead: Equipped and eager to share Christ

YouthLead (formerly Lutheran Youth Fellowship) helps teens develop leadership skills that they can use within their congregations and communities.

Intentionality: In church work formation, a little word with an eternal impact

Through all of us, God is building a wonderful culture of church work formation.

April ‘LW’: Prefiguring the Resurrection

The April issue of ‘The Lutheran Witness’ features an Old Testament walk through Holy Week.

Call Day is almost here

Both LCMS seminaries are preparing for their annual assignment and call services. 

New ministry leaders join IC staff

The leaders will serve in the areas of international mission, discipleship and family ministry.

Giving thanks for our church musicians

In April, LCMS congregations and schools are invited to observe Director of Parish Music (DPM) Appreciation.

LCMS pastor ministers in wake of Bourbon Street tragedy

The Rev. Kenneth DeSoto serves as a police department chaplain in New Orleans.

Registration open for ‘Dying Well in Christ’

“Dying Well in Christ: A Forum on the Church’s Care at Life’s End” is set for July 7–9 on the campus of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

Missionaries invited to Latin America alumni event

The event, scheduled for Aug. 7–8 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is open to all LCMS missionaries who have served in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.

Saxon Lutheran Memorial visitor center lost in fire

The building, though not historic itself, housed many artifacts related to the early Missouri Synod, all of which are believed to have been lost.

‘More than a songbook’: An Indonesian Lutheran hymnal

In November 2024, the Buku Ibadah Lutheran (Lutheran Worship Book) was dedicated during a pastors’ conference in Indonesia.