Purchasing program adopts new name

What used to be known as the Synod’s “National Contract Program” is now its “Group…

June 25 is deadline for `Ablaze!` Asia tour

June 25 is the deadline to register for an “Ablaze! Impact Tour” this fall of…

Karner attends world`s largest pro-family event

Many LCMS members speak out and take action over concern for the health of today’s…

First Conference on Mercy equips, energizes 300

By Kim Krull Raised in a German Lutheran home and church, Karolyn Martinez says the…

Requests for Reinstatement (June)

WILLIAM SINGLETON, Whiting, N.J., has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of…

`07 LCMS president nominees share views (Part 2)

As in previous LCMS convention years, Reporter asked the five nominees for Synod president this…

Board adopts $100 million Synod budget

By Joe Isenhower Jr. At its May 16-18 meeting in St. Louis, the Synod’s Board…

COP endorses program for Specific Ministry Pastors

A proposal to establish a Specific Ministry Pastor Program was endorsed by the Council of…

Resources target ministries to, with people with disabilities

Consider that about 54 million people in the United States — roughly 30 percent of…

Nunes named president of Lutheran World Relief

LCMS pastor, professor, and speaker Dr. John Arthur Nunes will become the fourth president of…

Krispin to head Edmonton college

Dr. Gerald Krispin has accepted a call to become the seventh president of Concordia University…

Grants available for workshop on law-enforcement chaplaincy

LCMS World Relief/Human Care is offering $100 scholarships to any LCMS rostered church worker who…

LFL offers bulletin insert for Father`s Day

Lutherans For Life (LFL) has produced a new bulletin insert especially for Father’s Day, June…

St. Louis sem prof offers insights into `The Secret`

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is offering a theological resource about the self-help book The Secret.…

William G. Wagner — journalist, church leader — dies

William G. “Bill” Wagner, a retired newspaper editor who served the church in communications and…

Pastor: 13 member families 'lost everything' in Greensburg tornado

Thirteen member families of Peace Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Kan., “lost everything — their homes, furniture,…