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Plans to introduce new health programs next year
Concordia Plan Services (CPS) says it will introduce several new health and wellness programs as…

Graduate programs push `headcount` at Synod colleges to record
By Paula Schlueter Ross Thank God for graduate programs, which are continuing to draw ever-increasing…

`Fan Into Flame` raises $10.2 million in mission funds
By Paula Schlueter Ross “Fan Into Flame” — the Synodwide campaign to raise $100 million…

Web sites offer information about Synod schools, church careers
As the son of a pastor and a church worker himself, Dr. Kurt Krueger says…

Observe `Life Sunday` with resources
Lutherans For Life (LFL) and LCMS Life Ministries are offering an array of resources to…

Commentary: Reaching out to the immigrants among us
By Karen Boettcher This commentary is in response to the “Statement Regarding Immigration Concerns” issued…

Need more information about `Consecrated Stewards`?
Growing stewardship is a growing interest, judging from the response to the November Reporter story…

Study: 23 percent of church workers `uncomfortable` with debt
By Roland Lovstad While three out of four LCMS-rostered workers are comfortable with their current…

LCMS congregations get Health, Hope Grants
Seven Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod churches are among 29 Lutheran congregations that received a total of…

Three LCMS schools get `Blue Ribbon` award
Three schools operated by LCMS congregations — one in Minnesota and two in Texas — are…

Brazil`s Winterle serving in Kenya
Dr. Carlos Walter Winterle, former president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, is now…

Ziegler named `Distinguished Principal`
Robert J. Ziegler, principal of St. Michael Lutheran School, Fort Myers, Fla., has been named…

St. Louis sem to host choir workshop
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has scheduled its 15th Annual “Schola Cantorum: An Adult Choir Member…

Lay Institute offers free audio files from forum
The Institute on Lay Vocation at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is offering audio files from…

Fort Wayne sem offers CDs on love, marriage
Almost two dozen presentations from the “In the Image of God” love and marriage conference…