Robert “Bob” Uthoff of St. Louis joined the Lutheran Church Extension Fund staff Aug. 23 as vice-president of its new Loan Resolution Group — a component of the LCEF Loan Department. According to an Aug. 25 LCEF news release, the…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. and Paula Schlueter Ross  The two new mission boards formed out of sweeping structure changes adopted by this summer’s Synod convention met for the first time during a Sept. 9-10 orientation in St. Louis for all…

At its Sept. 10-11 meeting in St. Louis, the Synod’s Board of Directors began its work in the new triennium by electing Board officers and organizing its subcommittees, hearing reports and taking several actions that included revising the national church…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has exceeded by more than $3 million the $77 million goal set in 2005 for its “How Will They Hear?” campaign. As of the campaign’s end on June 30, the five-year effort has received $80,010,613 in…

Dr. Gerhard F. Bode, president of the LCMS Oklahoma District from 1978 to 1988, died Sept. 15 at the age of 96. Dr. Bode died in Houston at the retirement home where he lived, after suffering complications from a stroke.  …

(RNS) — It’s a question that has perplexed philosophers, theologians and scientists for thousands of years. Pythagorean Greeks, early Christian church fathers, Talmudic rabbis, Sunni and Shia scholars, Hindu Brahmin and modern bioethicists have grappled with the fundamental, ultimately unknowable,…

(RNS) — The United States tied with Switzerland for fifth place in a “world giving index” by the British-based Charities Aid Foundation that measured charitable behavior across the globe. The ranking in the “World Giving Index 2010” was based on…

The official ballots for two proposed amendments to The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Constitution were mailed Sept. 15 to LCMS congregations. The amendments were adopted by delegates to the Synod’s 64th Regular Convention, meeting July 10-17 in Houston. To take effect,…

Registration is open online and by mail for the Lutheran Education Association (LEA) 2011 convocation March 24-26 at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati. Expected to draw several thousand participants, the triennial national convocation is open to Lutheran teachers, school administrators,…

LCMS Campus Ministry is offering several events for students, ministry leaders, faculty and staff from colleges and universities nationwide. “Texas Underground,” Jan. 2-7 in San Antonio, is a six-day “servant-outreach gathering” conducted in partnership with Can-Do Missions and Acts 1:8…

As the Synod’s newly elected leaders begin their service in a church body that is facing structural changes, another PRAY2010 event is planned for Oct. 21-22 in St. Louis. The first PRAY event was held last fall, and two others…

Concordia Publishing House opened its newest campus bookstore Sept. 2 at Concordia College — New York, Bronxville, N.Y. CPH also operates stores at Concordia University campuses in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Chicago; and Seward, Neb., as well as at the two…

“Together with All Creatures: Caring for God’s Living Earth,” the Commission on Theology and Church Relations’ (CTCR) report “on the responsible Christian stewardship of the environment,” is being mailed in late September to all congregations and rostered church workers. Adopted…

The official ballots for two proposed amendments to The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Constitution were mailed to LCMS congregations Sept. 15. The amendments were adopted by delegates to the Synod’s 64th Regular Convention, meeting July 10-17 in Houston. To take effect,…

During meetings Sept. 9-11 in St. Louis, the LCMS Board of Directors and the new Boards for National and International Mission elected officers to serve three-year terms. Elected by the Board of Directors were: Dr. Robert T. Kuhn, LCMS president emeritus, of Oviedo,…