Fairow, Snow join World Mission

Rev. Greg Fairow of Iowa City, Iowa, and Rev. Scott A. Snow of Rockford, Ill.,…

People in the news

Dr. Richard Bimler, president of Wheat Ridge Ministries, Itasca, Ill., has been chosen to receive…

New relief plan supports hard-hit Southern District

LCMS President Gerald B. Kieschnick and Rev. Matthew Harrison, executive director of LCMS World Relief/Human…

LCMS pastors take part in Lithuanian groundbreaking

Dr. Gary Arp, president of the LCMS Iowa District East, and Dr. Charles Evanson, a…

Call for nominations: Director of Mission Networking

The Board for Black Ministry Services plans, coordinates, and expands the activities in Black Ministry…

Dr. Oswald Hoffmann, speaker of `The Lutheran Hour,` dies

Dr. Oswald C.J. Hoffmann, religious broadcasting pioneer and honorary speaker of radio’s “The Lutheran Hour,”…

Requests for Reinstatement

CARL A. BROWN, Memphis, Tenn.; ROBERT D. MCAMIS, Chattanooga, Tenn.; and JEROME MITCHELL, Brecksville, Ohio,…

Positions

Lutheran Senior Services (LSS) seeks a chaplain.  Lutheran Senior Services has a long history of…

Hoffmann to retire from LHM speaking, travel

Honorary speaker of “The Lutheran Hour” Dr. Oswald C.J. Hoffmann will no longer travel, make…

World Relief/Human Care ships supplies to hurricane victims

A 53-foot semi-trailer filled with more than $60,000 in chainsaws, generators, wheelbarrows, diapers, and non-perishable…

`Ablaze!` `welcoming` resource available

“Friendship Ablaze!” — what’s being described as “the most comprehensive package of user-friendly resources ever…

Pressure Points with Dr. Bruce Hartung

Q: I am noticing a troubling characteristic about myself — something I have already spoken…

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In 2004, giving increases, membership declines

By Roland Lovstad Although membership declined by more than 25,000 people from 2003 to 2004,…

Board seeks input on `RSO-model test`

The Synod’s Board of Directors (Board) says it wants to hear from presidents of LCMS…

Sem`s Pieper Lectures to address `call, ordination`

“Call and Ordination in the Lutheran Church” is the theme for the 10th annual Pieper…