Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, has reduced its staff and reorganized its departments in order to remain “fiscally healthy,” according to CPH President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce G. Kintz. CPH, the Synod’s publisher, employs about 300 people.  Twenty-eight employees…

Finding an opportunity for summer employment that pays, fits with school schedules, and offers a life-enriching experience can be a challenge for college students. But that’s the opportunity available to Concordia college and seminary students through a new young adult…

Concordia Publishing House is offering the children’s picture book, The Christmas List, by Susan K. Leigh, for $6.99, now through Dec. 15.  That’s nearly half off the book’s regular price of $12.99. The Christmas List reminds children — who might…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is offering a workshop titled “Making Abortion Unthinkable” from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31. The workshop will be led and moderated by Dr. Jeffrey Gibbs, professor of exegetical theology at the seminary. …

If you’re retired and interested in making a difference in the lives of others, “The 72 — Partners on the Road” invites you to consider serving on one of its evangelism teams. Now in its 12th year, “The 72” is…

Now through Dec. 24, Concordia Publishing House is offering its Treasury of Daily Prayer at 30 percent off.  And, orders totaling $70 or more receive free shipping. Treasury of Daily Prayer includes Scripture readings, prayers, and writings from the Lutheran…

Rev. Jeffery Schubert is leaving the executive director post of the LCMS Board for District and Congregational Services (DCS) after accepting the call to become executive pastor of Divine Redeemer Lutheran Church and School, Hartland, Wis. Schubert told Reporter that he…

The sagging economy has stalled a scholarship program for Lutheran international students studying in graduate programs at Lutheran higher education campuses around the world, including the two Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) seminaries. But the seminaries and LCMS World Mission have…

By Linda C. Hoops Rev. Craig Boehlke and his wife, Jennifer, were watching television at 11:30 p.m. Nov. 15, when a neighbor knocked on their sliding glass door and warned them that wildfires were approaching their mobile home community in…

LCMS Life Ministries and Lutherans For Life both are offering resources designed to help congregations observe “Life Sunday” on Jan. 18 or an alternate date. Life Ministries, a program area of LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC), is providing…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will offer its 17th Annual Schola Cantorum: An Adult Choir Member Workshop on Saturday, Jan. 24, on its campus.  The daylong workshop will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Schola Cantorum is open…

Dr. Phillip A. Campbell, who has served the Synod’s Board for Black Ministry Services for 16 years, most recently as its executive director, retired Nov. 1. Longtime LCMS Black ministry leader Dr. Frazier N. Odom of St. Louis began serving…

By John R. Brooks CHICAGO — The Committee on Lutheran Cooperation (CLC), consisting of leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), engaged in a discussion Nov. 4 about their collaborative work in responding…

Wheat Ridge Ministries, based in Itasca, Ill., is offering financial assistance to Lutheran congregations that provide sabbatical leaves for their pastors and other full-time professional church workers. Any Lutheran congregation developing a plan for sabbaticals that falls within Wheat Ridge…

By Paula Schlueter Ross With a total of 23,318 students enrolled in graduate and undergraduate classes this fall, the Synod’s 10 Concordia University System schools nationwide have set — for the seventh consecutive year — another enrollment record. This fall’s…

The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod seeks nominations for the position of executive director, Board for Black Ministry Services.  The executive director: coordinates and promotes the program of Synod’s ministry to Blacks in judicatories of the Synod at national, district, and local…