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Int'l LLL convention planned for Omaha

The International Lutheran Laymen’s League will hold its 93rd annual convention July 22-25 in Omaha,…

LWML offers devotions via e-mail

The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League is offering its new “Mustard Seeds” devotions free via e-mail…

'Chapel Talks' for 2010-11 available in July

“Making Disciples,” LCMS District and Congregational Services (DCS) — School Ministry’s “Chapel Talks” for the…

Volunteers save World Mission $53,000-plus in '09

LCMS World Mission saved more than $53,000 in labor costs during 2009 because of the…

Mormon church agrees to pay fine over Prop 8

(RNS) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) will pay a $5,000…

Agreement allows student to wear rosary until hearing

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (RNS) — A federal judge on June 9 approved a lawyers’ agreement allowing…

Va. Supreme Court sides with Episcopal Church

(RNS) — Virginia’s Supreme Court sided with the Episcopal Church on June 10 in its…

Gun bill dies (again) in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE (RNS) — A law that would have allowed concealed weapons in houses of…

African religious leaders warn about HIV during World Cup

NAIROBI (RNS/ENInews) — African Christian and Muslim leaders are warning of increased vulnerability to HIV…

New Anglican church faces fiscal challenges

AMESBURY, Mass. (RNS) — When the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) launched last year,…

ILC conference looks at global shift in Christianity

By Roland Lovstad “Confessional Lutheran Identity in the Light of Changing Christian Demographics” was the…

Organist among people hit hard by tornadoes

By Kim Plummer Krull When the warning siren started blaring, Janet Kresl barely had time…

LCMS helping Guatemalans recover from disasters

By Sarah Schafer “Everywhere we go we see evidence of the rain and volcanic ash…

Fall LutherHostel to feature Maier

Author, historian and speaker Dr. Paul Maier will be the main presenter at “LutherHostel 2010,”…

Bible study traces stewardship journey

A new Bible study resource is designed to help congregations explore their stewardship practices during…

Rosaries a popular gang tool

(RNS) — When seventh-grader Raymond Hosier was suspended for wearing rosary beads to school late…