CPH offers leather Bibles at discount through July

Concordia Publishing House is offering its leatherbound Concordia Self-Study Bibles at a 25 percent discount…

Ries accepts Foundation presidency

Rev. Thomas K. (Tom) Ries of Burnsville, Minn., has accepted the presidency of the LCMS…

Registration opens this month for Int`l LLL convention

Registration begins in mid-March for the 87th annual International Lutheran Laymen’s League convention, July 22-25…

Kieschnick: 'Critical event' is key to increases in adult confirmations

By Joe Isenhower Jr. SAN ANTONIO — “Multiplying the critical event” is the key to…

World Mission offers new, online resources

“Light for the Darkness,” a new worship service designed to help congregations celebrate Ablaze!, is…

'Witnessing faith' goes both ways in Pakistan

By Paula Schlueter Ross About five minutes after an American walks into a home in Pakistan,…

Items wanted, available; reinstatements; positions

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

"Letters" March 2004

More on sem wives I simply could not believe my eyes when I read the…

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…

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…

Task force wants more teachers certified

The 20-member Next Generation Task Force has found that only one in three of the…

World Mission to share Pentecost 2000 'learnings'

By Paula Schlueter Ross The good news:  More than 900 cross-cultural ministries have been started by…