International Student Ministry Inc. (ISM), an LCMS mission society, is sponsoring an “enabling and equipping”…
COP sets circuit counselor conference for next year
The Synod’s Council of Presidents (COP) has set Sept. 12-14, 2006, for a National Circuit…
LWF: World's Lutherans number 69.5 million
Membership in Lutheran churches worldwide increased by 3.57 million in 2004, according to the Lutheran…
Thrivent announces personnel changes
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has announced a number of changes in its executive-management team. “The changes…
Singles to gather at Concordia, River Forest
“Encourage One Another” is the theme for the 18th International Lutheran Single Adult conference, to…
LCMS ministries act on tsunami recommendations
As soon as LCMS mission-assessment teams recommended efforts for continuing relief work in tsunami-ravaged countries,…
Focus on cleanup, rebuilding, say tsunami assessment teams
By Kim Plummer Krull Posting personnel in Sri Lanka and Indonesia as quickly as possible…
Planners pick 2007 Youth Gathering theme
“Chosen” is the choice for the theme of the 2007 National LCMS Youth Gathering, set…
U.S. Lutherans` giving reaches record amounts
Synod members and other Lutherans continue to give in record amounts for South Asia tsunami…
Amendment A falls short of `affirmation`
Amendment A to the Synod’s Constitution has failed to receive the two-thirds affirmative vote of…
Mission societies meet to form alliances, learn
By Paula Schlueter Ross This year’s Association of Lutheran Mission Agencies (ALMA) conference attracted a few…
Is your congregation ready for prime time?
By Jeff Crilley When I was growing up as a preacher’s kid in Detroit, I just…
Mission society seeks volunteers for biking fund-raiser
Registration opens in February for “Biking Across Kansas,” an annual weeklong recreational rally for cyclists. …
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Requests for reinstatement
MARK D. ANSCHUTZ, Topeka, Kan.; KIMBERLY J. BORTZ, Orlando, Fla.; KARA CLOSS, Fairmont, Minn.; and…
