`Igniters` address growth in adult confirmations

By Joe Isenhower Jr. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The low numbers got them here April 29-30…

Servant-Events page offers new features

The Servant Events Web page of LCMS District and Congregational Services — Youth Ministry has a…

LFL, bioethics meetings set for St. Louis

Lutherans For Life’s (LFL) national 2005 conference is set for Nov. 11-13 at the Sheraton…

Committee suggests alternative to `living wills`

The Synod’s Sanctity of Human Life Committee issued a statement April 22 with the suggestion…

Board OKs $81.8 million budget for 2005-06

By Joe Isenhower Jr. NEW ORLEANS — Although the 2005-06 operating budget adopted by the…

Prison-ministry conference leads to support network

The Synod’s first-ever prison-ministry conference, April 30-May 1 in St. Louis, attracted 107 participants —…

Wheat Ridge gives $357,000 for 12 new projects

Wheat Ridge Ministries of Itasca, Ill., announced in late April that it is providing seed…

Wanted: Wood chippers to clear debris

Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) is calling for those with skills and needed equipment to help…

Leaders of `specialized ministries` share ideas

By Paula Schlueter Ross IRVING, Texas — Dr. Elwin Johnson Rethinasamy of Williston Park, N.Y., leaned…

Campbell accepts top Black ministry post

Dr. Phillip A. Campbell, who has been serving as interim executive director of the Synod’s…

Wuerffel joins armed forces ministry

Chaplain Ted Wuerffel of Shoreline, Wash., has accepted a call from the Synod’s Board for…

CD features `New Directions` presentations

Recordings of presentations from the LCMS mission conference “New Directions in Mission Leadership ’05” are…

Seminaries mail promotional materials

All LCMS congregations should have received in recent weeks promotional materials from the Synod’s two…

Concordia, Portland, to mark centennial

Concordia University, Portland, Ore., will celebrate its 100th anniversary during a “Centennial Celebration Weekend” June…

Meyer accepts call to serve as sem president

Dr. Dale A. Meyer of Collinsville, Ill., has accepted the call to serve as the…

LCMS, LCC schools confer honors

Colleges, universities, and seminaries of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and Lutheran Church–Canada have given a…