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Webzine offers guide to ‘Passion of the Christ’
The current edition of LCMS Youth Ministry’s Web magazine, “youthESource,” has a viewers guide for…

CTCR backs fellowship with Kenyan church
The Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) is recommending that this summer’s Synod convention…

Tietjen dies; sem president during controversy
Dr. John H. Tietjen, president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, through the early 1970s and…

August Bernthal dies; former Florida-Georgia District president
Dr. August Bernthal, a former district president, Synod vice president and pioneer in refugee resettlement,…

Official Notice: Convention Delegate Names and Addresses
Lists of names and addresses of all voting delegates to the 2004 convention of The…

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

New 'Board Briefs' available
“Conflict in the Bylaws” and “Funding National Ministries and Administrative Functions” are the titles of…

Number of Lutherans worldwide climbs to nearly 66 million
Membership among Lutheran churches in the last two years increased by 570,000, bringing the number…

Lutheran singles to gather
Lutheran “singles” — never married, divorced or widowed — are invited to attend a get-together…

Library for Blind offers audio, too
The Library for the Blind, a ministry of Lutheran Blind Mission, St. Louis, offers free,…

LCMS e-News adds five more newsletters
Subscribers to LCMS e-News now have five more newsletters from whichto choose on the free,…

COP, Board have plenty to talk about at meeting
By David L. Mahsman The Synod’s Board of Directors and Council of Presidents (COP) had…

Want to learn more about 'behavioral interviewing'?
The Center for U.S. Missions in Irvine, Calif., sponsored its first workshop on “behavioral interviewing”…

Board to CCM: Let's 'withdraw,' let convention address issues
By Joe Isenhower Jr. The Synod’s Board of Directors says it will withdraw two resolutions…