The 64th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod will convene at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, on Friday, July 9, 2010, with an open hearing (1:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.) to discuss Synod Structure and Governance proposed…

BATON ROUGE (RNS) — People qualified to carry concealed weapons should be able to keep them strapped on in a church or temple as a way to enhance security, a state House committee decided April 28. The House Committee on…

GENEVA (RNS/ENI) — Lutherans in Poland lost a second bishop to tragedy when Bishop Mieczyslaw Cieslar died in a car accident as he returned from the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash that also…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A divided Supreme Court on April 28 overruled a lower court that had said Congress erred when it transferred a war memorial cross in the Mojave National Preserve into private hands. The 5-4 ruling means the five-foot…

Is God calling you, or someone you know, to consider public ministry? Challenges — both joyful and stressful — await the man and his family when he feels that God is calling him to leave one vocation to study at…

Registration is open for the 2010 National LCMS Children’s Ministry Workshop, to be held Aug. 12-13 in Wausau, Wis. The theme for the workshop, “INsideOUT,” based on Psalm 78:4-6, is about “gathering and sending — the inhalation and exhalation of…

By Sarah Schafer Three families in Jacmel, Haiti, soon will have new homes, thanks to the “Building Homes and Hope in Haiti” project, a partnership of LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti…

“ONE People — Sharing Christ’s Love” is the theme for the LCMS 2010 National Offering that will provide funding where needed most for the mission and ministry of the Synod to support local congregations and international ministries. Monetary gifts for…

By Paula Schlueter Ross The first time Dawn Modlin attended a national conference of the Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI), in 2008, she was surprised to learn that women in The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod may serve as presidents of their congregations. …

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A federal court on April 19 ruled an ordinance in Phoenix, Ariz., trying to limit the sound of church bells is an unconstitutional impingement on religious expression. In 2007, one day after Christ the King Cathedral moved…

The LCMS is encouraging all of its Concordia colleges, universities, and seminaries to take part in “Sleep Out to End Malaria” activities in recognition of World Malaria Day, Sunday, April 25. The “Sleep Out” national event, where participants sleep overnight under…

Dr. Richard L. Schlecht, president of the LCMS Michigan District from 1969 to 1985, died of complications from cancer on April 20 at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester, Mich. The funeral service was April 24 at St. John Lutheran Church in Rochester, with…

Concordia Publishing House has produced two books in Spanish that are designed to help parents discuss sexual topics with their children. Created by CPH’s Multilingual Department, Editorial Concordia, both books — Como estás cambiando (How You Are Changing) and ¿De…

“Reaching out to Muslims” will be the focus of the Lay Bible Institute sponsored by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, on Aug. 7. Leading the daylong workshop will be Dr. John Loum, director of the seminary’s Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology. …

Krista Nagy of Cleveland, Ohio, has been named principal of the elementary school of Concordia International School Shanghai.  She will begin serving in her new post at the beginning of the 2010-11 school year, in September. Nagy will succeed Louise Weber,…