Boards and Business – COP, BNM, BIM

An overview of the most recent meetings of the LCMS Council of Presidents, Board for National Mission and Board for International Mission.

How disaster donations get to those who need help?

Ever wonder how your dollar gets to help the people who are affected by disasters? Watch to learn how LCMS Disaster Response ensures the money contributed reaches where aid is most beneficial.

‘Reporter’ Supplement: What kind of pastor do you want for your children and grandchildren?

From the font to the classroom and beyond, pastoral formation is a lifelong endeavor. It takes all hands on deck, both on and o the seminary campus, to form a pastor.

‘Reporter’ Supplement: It’s Time to Plant

A March 2018 Supplement to the Reporter highlights the Mission Field:USA, an LCMS Office of National Mission initiative to develop partnerships between struggling inner-city and rural congregations and healthy congregations that desire to help these ministries restart.

Congregational Anniversaries (March 2018)

Announcements featuring special church anniversaries

In Memoriam (March 2018)

Obituaries for ordained and commissioned ministers

‘Our Way Home: A Journey through the Lord’s Prayer’

The Rev. Dr. Daniel Paavola uses his book Our Way Home: A Journey through the Lord’s Prayer to explain how parish nurses can use each petition of the Lord’s Prayer to connect with the people they serve.

Campus Clips – March 2018

News from LCMS colleges and seminaries.

Photo essay: How a Lutheran school shares Jesus

St. John’s Lutheran School has grown from 200 to 232 students since last year, and 12 of the new students — who weren’t affiliated with a church — are now worshiping at St. John’s congregation.

Share It! – Observing Lent

Church members and workers answer the question, “In what special ways does your congregation or school observe Lent?”

From the Mission Field – March 2018

Updates about LCMS mission work around the world.

Positions (March 2018)

Positions are available with the Concordia University System (CUS) and the Michigan District Church Extension Fund (CEF).

Official notice: Requests for reinstatement (March 2018)

A listing of those who have applied for reinstatement to LCMS rosters.

Seminaries to cover tuition for church-work students

The new paid-tuition policies at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., are for residential pastoral ministry and deaconess students, beginning with the 2018–19 year.

Official notice: Colloquies (March 2018)

TIFFANY M. PEDROLEY, St. Peters, Mo., has com­pleted the Teacher Colloquy Program of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and is eligible to receive a call. — Kevin L. Borchers, director of Colloquy, Con­cordia Uni­versity Chicago, River Forest, Ill. EUGENE KIM, Irvine,…