Eight “Lutheran college fairs” are planned for October and November at various sites around the…
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Mission partnership launches work in Dominican Republic
Three Lutheran missionaries — including one from Brazil — have accepted calls to begin evangelistic…

Chaplain `very satisfied` with work in Iraq
Chaplain (Major) James Lucas returned home to his family in Nappanee, Ind., in September after…
Pressure Points with Dr. Bruce Hartung
Q: The congregation I serve is fairly small, with about 125 worshiping on a typical…

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

Positions
Concordia University, Austin, Texas, is currently accepting applications for an associate/assistant professor of faculty in…

Requests for Reinstatement
CAROL M. ARMBRECHT, Itasca, Ill.; MELVIN M. MEYER, Milford, Ill.; and DIANE LYNN STATZA, Menomonee…

Official notice: LCMS salary information
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH–MISSOURI SYNODSalary Information The Synod’s policy of full financial disclosure provides for making…

Rita packs second blow to weary Gulf Coast
By Kim Krull As Gulf Coast residents prepared to assess damage from their second hurricane…

Districts need cleanup teams
For information on how to volunteer for hurricane cleanup and repair work in the LCMS…

Five hurricane-damaged churches may face demolition
Five LCMS congregations’ church buildings in the area hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina may have…

CTCR report addresses human embryos
“Christian Faith and Human Beginnings,” a report concluding that human embryos, beginning with conception, are…

October Letters
Discernment takes time My letter concerns the encouragement mentioned in last month’s story on the…

Outpouring of Synod love `phenomenal,` says official
By Joe Isenhower Jr. “The unprecedented outpouring of Christian love and generosity of our people…

Members of Congress thank Synod for Katrina response
The three Missouri Synod members of the United States Congress thanked Synod members for their…

COP looks at church worker concerns
Care and supervision of church workers — including hurricane relief, lay worker training, new worker…