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 Silver plate communion trays (two) in good…

The following institutions of the Concordia University System are seeking candidates for positions: Concordia College–New York, Bronxville, N.Y., seeks to fill the following positions: dean for Special Education; Early Childhood Education; assistant director of Student Life; head athletic trainer. Concordia…

ROBERT E. BOEHNE, Surprise, Ariz., and JEFFREY M. DIRE, Woodridge, Ill., have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion–Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  REBECCA LIVO-BUESANZ, Sterling, Colo., has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion–Commissioned roster…

By Kim Plummer Krull In case of turbulence during a flight, passengers who are caregivers are told to put on their oxygen masks first so they can assist others. Similar advice comes from Grace Place Lutheran Wellness Ministries Executive Director…

Concordia University Wisconsin will host a weekend celebration marking 50 years of lay ministry training June 17-19 on its campus in Mequon, Wis. “Unity in Purpose — Diversity in Service” will offer opportunities for participants to “remember the five decades…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. ST. LOUIS — At their Feb. 4-5 meeting here, the Synod’s Board for International Mission (BIM) and Board for National Mission (BNM) decided that a “theological foundation” preface to their policy manuals will be based on…

By Linda C. Hoops Preparations for the 2017 celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation were among topics discussed at the Feb. 17-19 meeting of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR).  A 2007 convention resolution (Res. 3-02)…

CAIRO (RNS) — In Magdi Shnouda’s cafe in Cairo, pictures of Jesus and the saints hang on the shabby walls, and the men playing backgammon and dominoes are a mixture of Christians and Muslims. Sucking down glasses of sweet tea…

TORONTO (RNS) — The mayor of a Quebec town says he will appeal a decision by a human rights tribunal that bans prayer at city council and ordered him to remove a crucifix from the council’s chambers. Saguenay Mayor Jean…

All alumni and staff of California Concordia College / High School are invited to attend a reunion June 24-26 in Sacramento, Calif.  For information, visit www.cui.edu/oakland. Posted Feb. 18, 2011 Return to Top

(RNS) — While mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. continue to experience decades-long decline, the memberships of Pentecostal traditions are on the rise, according to new figures compiled by the National Council of Churches (NCC). The Roman Catholic Church (No.…

(RNS) — Houses of worship and other charities often aren’t in competition for dollars but instead tend to reap donations from similar donors, a new study shows. Slightly more than 50 percent of people who financially supported congregations also gave…

UTRECHT, Netherlands (RNS/ENInews) — If there was ever a country that understands floods, it is the Netherlands, where one-quarter of the land is below sea level, and it is here that a modern Noah is constructing an ark. Dutch building…

(RNS) — The way Rev. Jonathan Wilkins sees it, members of his Baptist church in Thomaston, Ga., should have the right to carry guns into worship services to protect the congregation. Wilkins’ Baptist Tabernacle and a Georgia gun-rights association are…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A proposed House bill will require the use of “mother” and “father” by all federal agencies and contractors when describing parents, pushing back on a move by the State Department to use “parent” instead. The Parental Title…