The following institutions of the Concordia University System are seeking candidates for positions: Concordia University Texas, Austin, Texas, seeks to fill the position of admissions counselor. Concordia University, Irvine, Calif., seeks to fill a faculty position in nursing. Concordia University…

TASHIA DIECKHOFF, Wichita, Kan.; LANE AARON DYNNESON, Jackson, Mo.; SUSAN L. KLOESS, Elk Grove Village, Ill.; KAREN L. ZIELKE, Elmhurst, Ill.; and JENNY HEMMINGS, Orange, Calif., have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion–Commissioned roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri…

Kim Plummer Krull Volunteers are urgently needed to help “muck out” and “button up” flood-damaged homes before the fast-approaching winter deals Minot, N.D., area families another harsh blow. “Over 900 homes still need to be mucked out and cleaned out,”…

The practical application of theology to youth ministry will be the focus of “Youth Ministry 2012” (YM 2012) — LCMS Office of National Mission — Youth Ministry’s (LCMS Youth Ministry) yearly symposium for lay and professional youth workers.  It is…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. ST. LOUIS — The Synod Board of Directors took several actions and heard numerous reports during its Aug. 25-26 meeting here. Among actions, the Board: appointed Andrea Pitkus of Buffalo Grove, Ill., to fill a lay…

The national Synod finished its 2010-11 fiscal year June 30 “in the black,” according to LCMS Chief Financial Officer Jerald C. Wulf. In his report for the Aug. 25-26 meeting of the LCMS Board of Directors, Wulf wrote that at…

Missouri Synod churches, schools and organizations enrolled in the Concordia Health Plan (CHP) may be eligible for a tax credit. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed by Congress in March of last year includes provisions for the…

Former LCMS Northern Illinois District (NID) President Rev. Dr. Edmund H. Happel died Sept. 20 at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, Ill.  The Rev. Dr. Happel, of Arlington Heights, Ill., had been recuperating from hip surgery.  He was…

Deaconess Pamela J. Nielsen of Ballwin, Mo., began serving Sept. 1 as managing editor for Witness, Mercy and Life Together with LCMS Communications. In the new position, Nielsen will be responsible for gathering, editing and supervising the production of materials…

Mention Palestine, Israel, the Middle East, and the words that often come to mind are uncertainty, conflict and political unrest. But the Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, is working to spread a message of…

PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) — The pastor of a conservative Christian church that recently moved into the heart of liberal southeast Portland sought to reassure his new neighbors Sept. 8 about the church’s philosophy. Pastor Tim Smith said the Mars Hill…

NEW ORLEANS (RNS) — Operation Helping Hands, the Catholic ministry that employed thousands of volunteers to rebuild nearly 200 homes after Hurricane Katrina, said Sept. 7 it will shut down next summer, sooner than expected, because of its disastrous encounter…

BERLIN (RNS) — A divorced doctor fired from his job at a Catholic hospital because he married another woman should be reinstated, a German court ruled Sept. 8. The ruling by Germany’s highest labor court means that church organizations may…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Benedict XVI linked recent riots in England to the corrosive effects of “moral relativism,” and warned that preserving social order requires government policies based on “enduring values.” Benedict made his remarks on Sept. 9 to…

By Linda C. Hoops An initiative by pastors and congregations in Circuit 13 West of the Southeastern District brought together 200 people for a two-night seminar Aug. 8-9 in Raleigh, N.C., on the reliability of the Bible. “Our goal as…