By Roland Lovstad While three out of four LCMS-rostered workers are comfortable with their current levels of debt, about one-third of them say debt has negatively affected their personal lives or ministries sometime during their careers. Rising health insurance costs was…

Lutherans For Life (LFL) has produced a DVD that’s designed to help people understand the basics of stem-cell research and cloning, and how God’s Word can be applied to those technologies. Hosted by LFL Executive Director Dr. James I. Lamb,…

“Reflections on Water,” an art exhibit by Karl Fay, will open Dec. 1 at the library art gallery of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and will be on display through Feb. 16. An opening reception with wine and refreshments will be…

If you don’t live in the Washington, D.C., area but you’d like to take part in the 34th national “March for Life” on Monday, Jan. 22, all you have to do is get there — members of the Lutherans For…

Although a two-week “priority window” ended Nov. 8 for registrations for next year’s LCMS National Youth Gathering, registrations will continue to be accepted beyond that date. “We want to assure those who still want to register for the Youth Gathering and…

The Synod’s two seminaries are sponsoring open-house events for high-school- and college-age men who are interested in pursuing vocations as parish pastor, missionary, or chaplain. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has planned two events: The Ninth Annual “Shepherds of God’s Flock”…

“Love Was Born at Christmas” is the title of devotions available from Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) for the 2006 Advent season. This year, the devotions are no longer available as printed booklets.  Instead, congregations are asked to download them from…

Bruce G. Kintz was installed as the eighth president and chief executive officer of Concordia Publishing House at an Oct. 31 Reformation Day service at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in St. Louis. The installation was conducted by Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod…

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, will present its annual symposia on exegetical and confessional theology Jan. 16-19. The four-day symposia includes: the 22nd Annual Symposium on Exegetical Theology, Jan. 16-17, which will discuss “Christian Identity in a Pagan World: Lessons…

In response to a forecast of an acute nursing shortage, Concordia University, Irvine, Calif., is working toward adding a “second degree” nursing program that can be completed in less than two years.      Scheduled to open in May 2008, the program…

The first volume in the English translation of Johann Gerhard’s Loci Theologici, or Theological Commonplaces, is now available from Concordia Publishing House. Translated by Dr. Richard J. Dinda, professor emeritus of Concordia University in Austin, Texas, On the Nature of…

JAMES M. HENSLIN, Niceville, Fla., and LARRY E. MILLER, St. Paul, Minn., have applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.  KRISTI GOLKE, Gowen, Mich.; LINDA KENNELL, Brown Deer, Wis.; MARGARET S. WENGER, Hicksville,…

Concordia University Irvine, Irvine, Calif., seeks applicants for the following two positions: Associate dean of School of Arts and Sciences.  To be considered, an applicant must be a member of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, hold views congruent with the mission…

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The lawsuit filed by more than 80 plaintiffs against President Gerald B. Kieschnick, First Vice President William R. Diekelman, and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (as a necessary nominal defendant) in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Mo., in August…

Funding the Mission It was with much thanksgiving to God that I read the report of the blue-ribbon task force on the funding for our beloved church body. I have concerns about the funding directions of the various schools and…