Conference to focus on rural outreach

“Reaching Rural America for Christ,” a conference for lay leaders and professional church workers in…

Members turn to each other for help after flooding hits Midwest

By Linda C. Hoops While storms continued to sweep over much of the Upper Midwest…

Canada Lutherans elect new president

Delegates to the Lutheran Church–Canada’s June 5-9 convention in Winnipeg, Manitoba, elected a new president…

CPH offers worship bulletins at 45 percent off

Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, has cut the price of more than 300 worship bulletins…

Massey to direct Disaster Response

Rev. Kevin A. Massey of Chicago has been appointed director of Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR),…

Board OKs $84 million dollar budget, trims requests by $2.45 million

By Joe Isenhower Jr. After just under three hours of discussion that led to trimming…

Mercy arm helps overlooked survivors

By Kim Plummer Krull    While the deadly cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China…

'Issues, Etc.' cancellation draws responses

On March 18, the “Issues, Etc.” radio program on LCMS-owned KFUO-AM Radio was discontinued and,…

Free Children Making Music DVD debuts

Children Making Music, a new DVD resource produced by the Synod’s Commission on Worship, encourages…

Noland resigns CHI post; seeks pastoral call

Dr. Martin R. Noland, director of Concordia Historical Institute (CHI) since 2002, resigned from that…

Items wanted, available (June)

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

Positions (June)

The following institutions of the Concordia University System (CUS) are seeking candidates for positions described…

Calls for Nominations (July)

LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) seeks nominations for an associate executive director. …

Requests for Reinstatement (June)

JOHN R. ASHCRAFT III, Collinsville, Ill.; CARLA J. FAGA, St. Charles, Ill.; GRETCHEN HUESMANN, Grafton,…

Pressure Points (June)

By Dr. Bruce Hartung For this month’s column, I offer two readers’ responses from several…

Lehenbauer accepts call to head CTCR

Dr. Joel D. Lehenbauer of Union, Mo., has accepted the call to become executive director…