TCN ‘assurances’ The article in the January Reporter on the Transforming Churches Network (TCN) was informative. To lay to rest any concerns expressed in various quarters about the TCN corporation and its work, especially given its close relationship to LCMS…

The LCMS Board for Communication Services (BCS) seeks candidates for the position of managing editor of The Lutheran Witness.  The managing editor is responsible for the gathering and editing of materials for inclusion in The Lutheran Witness, the Synod’s official…

DANIEL M. CLOETER, Lincoln, Neb., has applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  VICKI L. HOWELL, Mondovi, Wis., and LORI LOSSER, Salt Lake City, Utah, have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of…

In January, the Synod’s Board for University Education mailed to all LCMS congregations a brochure promoting “Concordia Sunday,” suggested for April 18. The special observance, which may be held that day or any Sunday of the year, is designed to…

A first-time conference for LCMS songwriters is scheduled for April 22-23 at St. John Lutheran Church, Ellisville, Mo., a suburb west of St. Louis. The LCMS Commission on Worship is host for the conference, which has “Singing the Sacraments of…

“PRAY 2010,” the second LCMS gathering to focus solely on prayer, is planned for March 18-19 at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel in St. Louis. Like PRAY 2009, the event is open to those who consider themselves “intercessors,” or “prayer…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., have scheduled free visitation events for prospective students. “Contemplate” is the St. Louis seminary’s structured visitation event designed for men interested in the pastoral ministry and women considering deaconess…

“The 72 — Partners on the Road” is seeking volunteers to serve on its outreach training teams. Now in its 14th year, “The 72” is a ministry of LCMS World Mission that trains volunteer teams to help congregations improve their…

By Paula Schlueter Ross The haunting images and heart-wrenching memories will be with him for the rest of his life, says LCMS Missionary James Neuendorf. The missionary was part of the Synod’s six-person “assessment team” that traveled the rutted, dusty…

Two Missouri Synod Lutherans have been named to top posts at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans: Brad Hewitt, currently the organization’s chief operating officer, begins serving Feb. 1 as its new president and chief executive officer. Hewitt, who will also join…

By Roland Lovstad Representatives from five Concordia universities and one seminary laid groundwork for partnerships with Dar al-Kalima College, a fledgling Lutheran college in Bethlehem, during a mid-January visit to Palestine. By signing “Memorandums of Understanding” on behalf of their institutions,…

In just two weeks, as this Reporter was going to press on Jan. 27, LCMS World Relief and Human Care had received donations and pledges totaling $1.35 million to assist victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. That amount…

By Sarah Schafer WASHINGTON — A record 160-plus Lutherans from 10 states gathered here Jan. 22 for the 37th annual “March for Life.” The march observes the anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. Response from participants in the Synod’s Jan. 11-13 Model Theological Conference on Worship has been largely positive, based on comments several of them have shared with Reporter and according to conference planners.  The goal of the…

By Kim Plummer Krull An LCMS assessment team crossed from the Dominican Republic into Haiti in the early hours of Jan. 22 and met with Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti President Rev. Marky Kessa at a local police station. Team…