“Reaching Rural America for Christ,” a conference for lay leaders and professional church workers in rural and small-town Synod congregations, is planned for Nov. 6-8 at Mahoney State Park in Ashland, Neb. The conference will gather leaders to share common…

Dr. Martin R. Noland, director of Concordia Historical Institute (CHI) since 2002, resigned from that position May 9 during a regular quarterly meeting of the institute’s Board of Governors at Frohna, Mo.    “I resigned my position,” Noland told Reporter by…

Children Making Music, a new DVD resource produced by the Synod’s Commission on Worship, encourages children, parents, and congregation leaders to make music-making a part of their lives. “In an engaging and inspiring style, children, musicians, parents, and church leaders…

On March 18, the “Issues, Etc.” radio program on LCMS-owned KFUO-AM Radio was discontinued and, as a result, the employment of the program’s host, Rev. Todd Wilken, and its producer, Jeff Schwarz, was terminated.     “Issues” had been on the air…

By Kim Plummer Krull    While the deadly cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China dominate world news, the Synod’s mercy arm launched a $452,000 effort to give long-term education and economic help to survivors in three communities that have…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. After just under three hours of discussion that led to trimming $2.45 million from allocations to Synod units, the LCMS Board of Directors unanimously adopted a balanced operating budget of $84,039,495 for the national Synod during…

JOHN R. ASHCRAFT III, Collinsville, Ill.; CARLA J. FAGA, St. Charles, Ill.; GRETCHEN HUESMANN, Grafton, Wis.; DONALD G. HOFFMANN, Cincinnati, Ohio; SHANNON N. RITTER, Kalispell, Mont.; and SARA M. WOLFF, Wauwatosa, Wis., have applied for reinstatement to the Minister of…

LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) seeks nominations for an associate executive director.  The associate executive director reports to the executive director and maintains a close liaison with the staff of the Office of the President, providing assistance…

The following institutions of the Concordia University System (CUS) are seeking candidates for positions described below: Concordia College-New York, Bronxville, N.Y., seeks to fill the following administrative position: director of annual giving. Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., seeks to fill…

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Dr. Joel D. Lehenbauer of Union, Mo., has accepted the call to become executive director of the Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR), effective July 1. Lehenbauer — who has been associate executive director of the CTCR since 2004 —…

The Apple of His Eye, a St. Louis-based LCMS mission society, and two of its missionaries filed a lawsuit May 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri seeking an injunction against the City of St.…

Addressing those affected by the tornadoes, Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick issued a statement on behalf of all LCMS members. “We are all saddened,” Kieschnick said.  “Our hearts are full with deep compassion for those losing their homes,…

Through Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Baltimore, and its overseas partner Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, U.S. Lutherans have pledged an initial emergency grant of $50,000 for victims of the May 3 cyclone in Myanmar, and that aid is “definitely…

The commission on fellowship between The Association of American Lutheran Churches (AALC) and The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod agreed on an initial operating agreement — concerning the movement of members between the two church bodies — during its fourth meeting, May 19 in…