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Commentary: 'Lutheran Service Book' after five years

LSB’s project director shares thoughts on its development, impact By Paul J. Grime During the…

Pressure Points (August 2011)

With Dr. Bruce Hartung Reader: Thanks for “cracking open the door” on congregational response of…

Requests for Reinstatement (August 2011)

BRUCE CHARLES MORANT, Palos Verdes, Calif., and KEVIN A. HAHN, Marinette, Wis., have applied for…

Positions (August 2011)

Concordia Plan Services (CPS), the benefits administrator for The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), seeks a…

Items wanted, available (August 2011)

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

Gifts help lift spirits of flood evacuees

By Kim Plummer Krull Five weeks after the sirens blasted a final evacuation warning, Amanda…

Judge tosses out circumcision referendum

(RNS) — A proposed circumcision ban will not appear on San Francisco’s citywide ballot in…

Stott, called 'evangelical pope,' dies at age 90

(RNS) — Rev. John Stott, a renowned and prolific author credited with shaping 20th-century evangelical…

LCMS musician Rev. Robert Bergt dies

Rev. Robert Bergt, whose work and reputation as a musician are known around the world,…

Presbyterians to officially allow gay clergy

(RNS) — On July 10, Presbyterians who support gay rights celebrated the passage of a…

House directs Pentagon to uphold DOMA law on gay marriage

WASHINGTON (RNS) — House lawmakers voted July 7 to order the Pentagon to uphold the…

In Peru, quake relief effort leads to first worship service

“Uno … dos … tres … Jesús es nuestro Sanador!”  That phrase echoed through the…

Mercy Medical Teams serve in India, Haiti

By Kim Plummer Krull The day after one Mercy Medical Team (MMT) returned from leading…

CPH releases new children's Bible

After four years — and hundreds of hours of research — Concordia Publishing House has…

Catholics look into buying Crystal Cathedral

(RNS) — The Crystal Cathedral, which has put its iconic campus up for sale to…

Pennsylvania debates whether thou shalt not hunt on the Sabbath

HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) — Two of the most influential forces in conservative lobbying are poised…