By Kim Plummer Krull Instead of a scheduled work day at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Clinton, Miss., members abruptly shifted gears on Saturday, April 16, and helped families with homes damaged by a powerful tornado, one of string of…

Please be advised that the election for the new President of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, will be held pursuant to Bylaw 3.10.4.5.2(b) on Saturday, May 21, 2011, at the campus of the seminary at 6600 North Clinton Street,…

BERLIN (RNS) — The number of Germans leaving the Roman Catholic Church rose dramatically in 2010 as Pope Benedict XVI’s homeland wrestled with reports of systematic sexual abuse of minors and attempted cover-ups, according to a study by a German…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS) — Even long before the times of Jesus and the Apostle Paul, Malta was the rocky knob at the western edge of the Roman Empire, the place where the leftovers of the Mediterranean Sea washed up and…

(RNS) — A long-lost letter has surfaced that describes President Abraham Lincoln’s belief in God. The Raab Collection of Philadelphia plans to sell a recently discovered letter written in 1866 by William Herndon, a Springfield, Ill., lawyer and Lincoln confidant.…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The official Vatican newspaper has praised two recent Hollywood movies for showing the ethical downsides of sperm donation. In the lead article in the April 9 edition of L’Osservatore Romano, Carlo Bellieni writes in “When Cinema…

A new Holy Week video message from LCMS President Rev. Matthew C. Harrison is available for viewing on the Synod’s website. In the video, Harrison reflects on the crucifixion as a reminder that, as Jesus trekked to the cross, His…

As of April 28, donors had given $1,317,385.73 for The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and its partners in Japan to aid those affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. But, by the time you read this, that figure will have…

Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., will host a workshop on Strategic Grant Development April 27-28. The workshop, led by instructors from the Institute for Strategic Funding Development (ISFD) in Pasadena, Calif., is designed to teach the basics of grant writing…

Dr. Steven D. Paulson, associate professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., will offer two presentations April 26-27 at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind. Speaking during a “fireside chat” at 7:30 p.m. April 26…

Major General Luke Reiner, a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Cheyenne, Wyo., was promoted April 1 to adjutant general of the Wyoming Air and Army National Guard.  He succeeds Major General Ed Wright, who served as the state’s senior…

LCMS Foundation President Rev. Tom Ries has accepted a call to serve as the ninth president of Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., beginning June 1. Ries, 56, succeeds Dr. Robert Holst, who is retiring after serving in the post since…

By Sarah Schafer LCMS churches and congregation members saw damages as a string of severe spring storms wreaked havoc across the United States: a tornado in Iowa, another tornado in Wisconsin, flooding in North Dakota and wildfires in Texas. LCMS…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. CINCINNATI — The10th triennial Lutheran Education Association (LEA) Convocation here March 24-26 reflected a global perspective as 2,600 educators from 10 countries explored the event’s “Crossing Over” theme. The theme evokes this city’s bridges and its…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A new multimillion-dollar, high-tech, interactive museum of the Bible was announced March 31 amid 130 artifacts of the Good Book at a private exhibition at the Vatican Embassy. The exhibit was a sample of Jewish, Roman Catholic…

MOBILE, Ala. (RNS) — The Archdiocese of Mobile has told staff and volunteers who work with children that electronic communication with minors must be limited to “providing information related to a ministry or event and not for socialization or other…