Kieschnick asks for donations, prayers for tsunami victims

LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick is urging Missouri Synod Lutherans to consider opportunities for donating toward…

LCMS Foundation redesigns `Giving Catalog`

The online “Mission and Ministry Giving Catalog” at http://catalog.lcms.org launched in 2002 has been redesigned…

David Jacobson dies; Bronxville provost

Dr. David C. Jacobson, provost at Concordia College, Bronxville, N.Y., since 2000, died Dec. 5…

LIRS gets $5-plus million to help refugees

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) in December received a check for $5.137 million from…

People in the News

Rev. David P. Schmidt retires Jan. 3 after serving as senior vice president of Capital…

Rudolph Harm dies

Dr. Rudolph H. Harm, a professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, from 1975 until his…

Thrivent offers resource kit for `Luther` movie

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is offering a free kit of educational resources to be used…

Fort Wayne seminary offers preaching seminar

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, is offering a one-day Lenten Preaching Seminar from 8:30 a.m.…

LIRS president says agency `on rebound` in resettlements

The president of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) says the agency has “much to…

`Good Samaritan` grant applications available Jan. 15

Starting Jan. 15, an application packet will be available for seed grants to help congregations…

Congress includes 19 Lutherans

There are 19 Lutherans — 10 Democrats and nine Republicans — in the 109th Congress…

January 2005

Thanks from Florida On behalf of Grace Lutheran Church, Pensacola, Fla., and Circuit 10 of the…

`Pressure Points` with Dr. Bruce Hartung

There were a number of responses to my December column about pastoral and parish responses…

Jan. 9 registration deadline for Fort Wayne symposia

Jan. 9 is the registration deadline for the 2005 symposia series sponsored by Concordia Theological…

Call for nominations – commission director

The Synod’s Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support (CMGS) is reissuing a call for nominations…

Conference aims to link those in prison ministries

Registration opens Feb. 1 for an April 30-May 1 first-time conference in St. Louis that…