(RNS) — Members of Congress and Christian leaders say they are outraged over claims that a Veterans Affairs (VA) official in Houston discriminates against clergy and veterans’ families who want to use religious references in memorial ceremonies. The Liberty Institute,…
(RNS) — Are U.S. evangelicals losing their influence on America? A new poll released June 22 from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seems to say just that, with the vast majority — 82 percent — of U.S.…
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Americans are tougher on politicians for their financial misdeeds than their sexual ones, but men are more willing than women to tolerate sexual misbehavior in their elected officials. The findings, released June 22 in a detailed survey…
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As President Obama prepared plans to bring a limited number of U.S. troops home from Afghanistan, a group of 40 religious leaders called for the president to “bring the war in Afghanistan to an end.” Signers of…
LUEBECK, Germany (RNS) — Residents of this north German city have long taken pride in four native sons — three Catholic priests and a Lutheran pastor — who were beheaded in quick succession on Nov. 10, 1943, by the Nazi…
(RNS) — A United Methodist (UMC) minister was suspended for 20 days by a church court in Wisconsin on June 23 for performing a same-sex union in 2009, a breach of denominational rules. A 13-member jury of local United Methodist…
The 2011-12 edition of Chapel Talks for Lutheran Schools is now available for order through LCMS School Ministry. That volume is titled “Equipped to Serve,” based on 2 Tim. 3:16-17, which reads, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and…
By Paula Schlueter Ross PEORIA, Ill. — Delegates to the 34th Biennial Convention of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, meeting here June 23-26, adopted a new mission goal of $1.825 million for the 2011-2013 biennium. The goal is the same…
DETROIT — The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Baltimore, and the United Nations Foundation announced June 27 an unprecedented partnership to mobilize Lutherans in the United States in the fight against malaria in Africa. The Lutheran Malaria Initiative…
By James Heine ST. LOUIS — Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod continued their talks regarding “cooperation in externals” during a meeting here May 25-26. The top leaders of North America’s two…
Concordia Plan Services (CPS) received a first-place “Award of Excellence” from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) for work on a 2010 growth campaign for the Concordia Retirement Savings Plan (CRSP). Founded in 1970, the IABC is a network…
With Dr. Bruce Hartung While the two questions for this month’s column may not at first seem related, I have included them because they both illustrate that congregations have specific work to do after “losing” their pastors. Q: Our former…
Note: Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to purchase. Items described as “Wanted” or “Available” are sought or may be obtained for shipping costs only. Available The Lutheran Hymnal, CPH 1941 (red), 40,…
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Communications announces an opening for the position of managing editor: Witness, Mercy, Life Together. The position is accountable to the director of News and Information and will be responsible for gathering, editing and supervising the production of…
Prolific author and frequent speaker Dr. Paul Maier talked about his new book, The Constantine Codex, in a June 22 interview on KFUO Radio, the LCMS-owned station in St. Louis. Maier, who retired this year as professor of Ancient History…
By Kim Plummer Krull Every morning when Kimberly Johnson arrives at work, the Immanuel Lutheran Church secretary says her telephone message box is full. “We get calls from all over the country from people wanting to help, wanting to volunteer,…
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