LCMS membership down, donations up in ‘06

By Joe Isenhower Jr. With more than a third of the 6,073 LCMS congregations not…

New ornament depicts Wittenberg church

The first in a series of Ablaze! Christmas ornaments to be issued annually by LCMS…

Sánchez named to sem chair for Hispanic ministry

Dr. Leopoldo Sánchez is the first occupant of the newly established Werner R.H. and Elizabeth…

New books available from CPH

A number of new books for children are now available from Concordia Publishing House in…

LFL offers adoption resources

November is “National Adoption Month,” according to Lutherans For Life (LFL), and the pro-life, pro-family…

LCMS, ELCA focus on cooperative ministries

BALTIMORE — Leaders of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…

Call for nominations: CPS President/CEO (November)

The Board of Directors of the Concordia Plan Services is seeking nominations for a President/CEO.  …

Fort Wayne sem to host visit to Frankenmuth

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, is sponsoring a charter bus trip to Frankenmuth, Mich., Dec.…

Some 20 member homes lost to California fires

By Sarah Schafer An estimated 20 to 25 LCMS families returned to piles of ash…

Two LCMS schools get 'blue-ribbon' honor

By Joe Isenhower Jr. Two schools operated by LCMS congregations have been named “blue-ribbon schools”…

Germany is ‘mission field,’ say ‘German Days’ speakers

Overseas tourists who visit Germany — the motherland of the Reformation — often expect “a…

Wheat Ridge, LIRS announce '08 Good Samaritan program

Congregations have until March 3 to apply for Good Samaritan Grants to help them develop…

Pressure Points (November)

With Dr. Bruce Hartung Q: Our pastor is encouraging our congregation to change its constitution…

Positions (November)

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

Requests for Reinstatement (November)

DAVID HAGEN, Horicon, Wis.; DEBRA MARZLUFT, Burt, Mich.; TRACIE J. PAYNE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and…

Letters to the Editor (November)

‘Losers,’ indeed In reading Uwe Siemon-Netto’s October commentary, I am persuaded that it is Ted…