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Requests for Reinstatement (November 2011)

DAVID STEPHEN BUSH, Fort Wayne, Ind., has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion–Ordained…

Official Notice: Concordia University System

The colleges, universities and seminaries of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod admit students of any race,…

Official Notice: Salary Information

THE LUTHERAN CHURCH–MISSOURI SYNOD INC. Salary Information The Synod’s policy of full financial disclosure provides…

What's in the Office of National Mission?

The Witness, Mercy, Life Together supplement to the October Reporter included a profile of the…

Thanks for national conference evident at BNM meeting

By Joe Isenhower Jr. ST. LOUIS — Board members and others at the LCMS Board…

Supreme Court hears case on religious freedom

By David Strand In coming months the U.S. Supreme Court will hand down a decision…

To Lutheran leaders: 'Think globally, be prepared' for disasters

By Kim Plummer Krull When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake and tsunami killed more than 700 people…

Prague conference draws Lutheran leaders from 20 countries

By Albert B. Collver III By the close of an Oct. 4-7 theological conference in Prague…

Commentary: To revitalize America, remoralize the family

By Timothy S. Goeglein America is suffering from a historic familial brokenness that is disillusioning.…

Law would allow marriage to Catholics for U.K. royals

(RNS) — Future British kings and queens would be permitted to marry Catholics for the…

Vatican treads carefully on Egyptian violence

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Treading carefully on a subject that has proved diplomatically volatile for…

Study: Religion can affect your soul — and your wallet

(RNS) — Religion may not only save your soul, according to a new book, but…

Report says tithing, church spending hit record low

(RNS) — Tithing to mainline Protestant churches as a percentage of income is at its…

New face of American poverty is often a child's

OAKTOWN, Ind. (RNS) — Eleven-year-old Sarai Camacho of Donna, Texas, tears up when she tells…

Obama hosts first evangelical summit at White House

(RNS) — President Obama formally extended his ear to evangelicals ahead of the 2012 election,…

COP receives reports on district conventions, LMI

By James Heine At its meeting Sept. 17-20 in St. Louis, The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Council…