By Joe Isenhower Jr. Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director of Districts and Congregations with LCMS World Relief/Human…
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Pastors visit Lutheran AIDS orphanage in Kenya
By Kim Krull In a country with nearly one million AIDS orphans, the opening of…

Mailings detail 'Lutheran Service Book,' companions
The Synod’s Commission on Worship and Concordia Publishing House (CPH) in late April mailed a…

Lutherans, Catholics discuss death, judgment, resurrection
As Lutherans and Roman Catholics continued to dialogue around the theme of “The Hope of…

Thrivent now taking applications for grants
Lutheran congregations, schools, and organizations have until Sept. 15 to apply for a total of…

LFL sets 2006 conference to attract more families
Lutherans For Life’s (LFL) annual national conference moves from fall to summer this year — July…

Communications board appoints Strand to top post
David L. Strand in April accepted the LCMS Board for Communication Services’ (BCS) appointment as…

Kieschnick among those supporting marriage-protection measure
LCMS President Gerald B. Kieschnick is among 43 U.S. religious leaders who have signed an…

Mission board issues 28 calls, appointments for missionaries
By Paula Schlueter Ross Dr. Robert Roegner, executive director of LCMS World Mission, still remembers how…

Dr. Alfred Fremder, sem professor, dies
Dr. Alfred L. Fremder, professor emeritus at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, died April 19. He…

Transcript of astronaut`s message
Here’s a transcript of Astronaut Jeff Williams’ voice-mail message to his pastor, Rev. John Kieschnick: “Pastor…

Donor offers `challenge grant` to seminary
A family who wishes to remain anonymous has offered a “challenge grant” of up to…

Seminaries offer promotional materials to congregations
The Synod’s two seminaries have produced promotional materials designed to help congregations hold a “Seminary…

New DVD offers information about the LCMS
What’s a “synod”? Are Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod congregations only in the state of Missouri? What…

Astronaut boards space station, 'phones home'
By Paula Schlueter Ross Astronaut Jeff Williams had barely settled into his “home away from home”…

Fort Wayne seminary offers workshops for organists
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, is offering three workshops for church organists: “Level I,” to…