The Rev. Peter Burfeind and the Rev. Adam DeGroot are the first national missionaries for “Mission Field: USA,” the LCMS Office of National Mission’s new church-planting initiative.
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LFC, Bethesda partnership aims to upgrade, maintain 170-plus sites
LCMS congregations may become engaged and offered volunteer opportunities in the new venture of Laborers For Christ and Bethesda Lutheran Communities.
LWML presents funding for four mission grants to Synod
The mission grants are among 19 adopted at the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League convention in June 2015.
Synod supports districts, congregations in disastrous-storms recovery
LCMS Disaster Response training and resources enable district disaster responders to coordinate recovery efforts in the aftermath of destructive storms and flooding.
Preparedness, training aid in recovery in aftermath of Texas tornadoes
Texas District responders partner with local LCMS congregations to organize recovery efforts following the Dec. 26 storm.
LCEF fall conference: much more than a meeting
Some 650 take part in the Nov. 20-22 Lutheran Church Extension Fund Fall Leadership Conference in Atlanta, including 191 first-time participants.
Kumm to BOD: Amid frustrations, ‘we still walk together’
The Nov. 19-20 LCMS Board of Directors meeting includes a joint session with the Council of Presidents, action on some half-dozen resolutions and reports from Synod leaders.
Concordia Chicago programming team takes top honors
The team of three undergraduate students at Concordia University Chicago ranks first in Chicago in the programming competition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
COP addresses convention, call-list ‘best practices’
They are among a variety of matters covered at the Nov. 16-19 meeting of the LCMS Council of Presidents, which ended in a joint session with the Synod’s Board of Directors.
100th birthday celebration includes Walther endowment gift
The family of Edna Marie Wolf, great-granddaughter of the Synod’s first president, makes a contribution to maintain and preserve the Walther Mausoleum in St. Louis.
Youth Ministry reaches funding goal to feed 500,000
The meals will be packaged by participants at the 2016 Youth Gathering in New Orleans.
Synod debuts new mission-project catalog
The online catalog provides information about specific national and international mission projects open to receiving special gifts and offerings.
LCMS, WELS, ELS release report on years of informal discussion
Leaders of the three confessional Lutheran synods began meeting informally in 2012.
LEA launches campaign to benefit future teachers
Lutheran Education Association aims to bring as many as 100 future Lutheran schoolteachers to its 2016 convocation in Grand Rapids, Mich.
End-of-year gifts ‘mightily bless’ Synod ministries
And there are a variety of ways you can contribute: by mail, in person, over the phone and online.
Historical Institute presents awards to authors
The Awards Committee of Concordia Historical Institute presents 17 “Awards of Commendation” for works published in 2014.
