WILLIAM J. SCHUERMAN, Milwaukee, Wis., has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion–Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. DONNA L. BOBB, Carmel, Ind.; KELLY HANSEN, Orange, Calif.; BRENDA HANTULA, Orange, Calif.; and ANTHONY A. WITTMAN, Columbus, Ind., have…
With Dr. Bruce Hartung Q: Politics has put some rough edges on family and church relationships. People in our church have some very different political views. They support different candidates. But what makes it really hard is that they attack…
By Kim Plummer Krull While traveling to New Jersey to help with Superstorm Sandy relief, the Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director of Church and Community Development with the LCMS Office of National Mission, got a call from a Guatemalan pastor about…
The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) — a partner church with the LCMS — is reunited, after being separated into two distinct factions for more than two decades. Reunification came Oct. 26 in a vote of delegates from both…
LCMS Life Ministries and Lutherans For Life (LFL) are both offering resources designed to help congregations observe “Life Sunday” on Jan. 20, 2013. The observance marks the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 22, 1973, decision that legalized…
Lutherans are invited to mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion by participating in the national “March for Life” on Friday, Jan. 25, in Washington, D.C. Since that decision in…
Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) is planning eight Regional Outreach Conferences for 2013. The conferences are designed to inspire, energize and equip attendees to share God’s love, nurture their families and witness to the community. Through presentations, hands-on witnessing opportunities and…
(RNS) — When Staff Sgt. Brandon Hill came home from his third tour in Iraq last year, he expected his wife and young daughters at the welcoming ceremony. What he didn’t expect were the pastors, secretaries and members of their…
Merle Freitag of Wildwood, Mo., former president of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF), has been selected to receive the Silver St. Martin of Tours Medal from the LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces Committee and the Office of International…
By Kim Plummer Krull No congregations of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod are located in the Rockaways, but that was no detour for LCMS members who volunteered in those Long Island, N.Y., communities on Monday (Nov. 12), grilling and delivering hot food…
Gay marriage Did Maryland voters approve gay marriage? YES Did Maine voters approve gay marriage? YES Did Minnesota voters define marriage as being between one man and one woman? NO Did Washington state voters approve gay marriage? YES Marijuana Did Arkansas voters approve medical marijuana? NO Did Colorado voters approve…
By Trevor Grundy CANTERBURY, England (RNS) — Bishop Justin Welby, a former oil executive who’s emerged as a critic of corporate excess, was named Nov. 9 as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England and leader…
The Rev. Dr. Edward O. Grimenstein was installed as director, Missionary Services, for the LCMS Office of International Mission (OIM) during a Nov. 8 Matins service at the Synod’s International Center in St. Louis. OIM Executive Director Rev. Randall L.…
By Paula Schlueter Ross “It’s not about us,” says Tracey Stillman, whose congregation, Village Lutheran Church in Lanoka Harbor, N.J., has been caught up in disaster-response efforts as a result of Superstorm Sandy. That congregation has been providing hundreds of free meals;…
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation announced Nov. 8 that they would together commit up to $1 million to Superstorm Sandy relief efforts as part of a dollar-for-dollar match program. For every dollar Thrivent Financial for…
By Megan Mertz On Wednesday, Nov. 7, a team from the LCMS International Center met with leaders of the LCMS Atlantic District at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. The team included the Rev. Glenn F. Merritt, director of LCMS…
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