eBay founder gives $500,000 for Sudan

A half-million-dollar grant from the founder of eBay to Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore, is being…

Kieschnick urges mission on `new frontier`

By David L. Mahsman “It is time for The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod to turn the world…

People in the News (October)

Voncile D. Stone, vice president of operations for the Synod’s Worker Benefit Plans, has earned…

Items wanted, available

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

Call for Nominations (Board for Mission Services)

The Board for Mission Services (BFMS) seeks nominations for associate director for ministry to the…

Official Notice: Accreditation

The College of Education at Concordia University, Seward, Neb., is scheduled for a Spring 2005…

Requests for Reinstatement

MICHAEL A. CROON SR., Niles, Ill.; WALTER D. KREGER, Bellaire, Mich.; and WILLIAM SINGLETON, Whiting,…

38 new missionary families begin their work overseas

By Paula Schlueter Ross A total of 38 new missionary families are beginning work with LCMS…

CPH releases children`s `Small Catechism`

My First Catechism: An Illustrated Version of Luther’s Small Catechism for Children, is now available…

Lutheran kits `well received` in Iraq

School and health kits prepared by U.S. Lutherans for children in Iraq have been so…

Buckman takes top post with Society for Missiology

Former LCMS World Mission executive Dr. Allan Buckman will begin serving Nov. 1 as executive…

Hartman becomes president of Oklahoma District

Rev. Paul A. Hartman of Moore, Okla., is now president of the LCMS Oklahoma District,…

ALOA Lutherhostel set for Tucson

The 11th annual Arizona Lutherhostel sponsored by the national Association of Lutheran Older Adults (ALOA)…

Conference focus: starting churches with child care

A conference designed to show Lutherans how to start a congregation with a child-care center…

Board of Directors to continue `interim` KFUO management

By Joe Isenhower Jr. The Synod’s Board of Directors (BOD) and the Board for Communication Services…

Registration opens for LEA convocation

Registration — online or via “snail mail” — is open for the Lutheran Education Association’s…