The Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House has elected Bruce G. Kintz as CPH’s eighth president and CEO. Kintz has been with the publishing house for more than seven years, serving as vice president and chief operating officer for…

Ten “Lutheran college fairs” are planned for this fall at various sites around the country. Representatives of Lutheran colleges and universities nationwide — including those of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod’s Concordia University System — will be at the fairs to…

Dr. Edward A. Westcott Jr., former executive director of the Synod’s Board for Mission Services, died Sept. 12 in a Phoenix-area hospital after suffering a series of heart attacks.  Westcott, 83, had entered the hospital in late August after a…

By Paula Schlueter Ross Thirty of the Synod’s 70 or so long-term missionaries who are beginning new terms this fall aren’t new — they’re “old hands” on the overseas mission field who have decided to extend, or continue, their service.…

Concordia University at Austin seeks a provost to direct and accomplish the academic mission of the university.  Reporting to the president, the person in this position will provide visionary leadership for all aspects of academic and student life, including coordinating,…

The Synod’s policy of full financial disclosure provides for making available to members of the Synod (congregations, pastors, teachers, and others on the roster), on written request, the salary grid scales of all synodical and district officials, staff and faculty…

Pastors and church musicians are not the only ones who will benefit from 280 introductory workshops this fall for the Synod’s new Lutheran Service Book (LSB), says Dr. Paul Grime, executive director of the LCMS Commission on Worship, which prepared…

Jim Sanft and Linda Olsen have been named to new positions with Concordia Plan Services (CPS), and Jack Pfitzer now fills a renamed CPS management post.  All three are from St. Louis. Concordia Plan Services administers the Synod’s health, disability,…

Last month, 106 Lutheran schools were accredited by the National Lutheran School Accreditation (NLSA), bringing to 602 the number of schools that have earned that distinction. Meeting Aug. 3-5 in St. Louis, 36 NLSA commissioners approved accreditation for nine high…

Lois Peacock, a member of the Synod’s Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support since 2001, has received the Health Ministries Association’s (HMA) 2006 Wilkerson-Droege Award for “creative leadership, compassionate ministry, and visionary faithfulness to the faith/health movement.” Peacock, a retired…

By Uwe Siemon-Netto Evoking the Lutheran doctrine of calling has never been more imperative than in times of world conflict — in a word, now.  The lives of millions of people and the survival of a democratic society, indeed perhaps…

Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick issued a statement July 26 saying that the Synod “applauds President Bush’s veto last Wednesday [July 19] of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, which would have expanded federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research.…

Protect My Ministry, an employment and volunteer background-screening company, has joined the LCMS National Contract Program. Barb Ryan, executive director of the Synod’s Department of Human Resources, and Mike Magee, manager of the LCMS National Contract Program, announced the addition…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. The Synod’s Board of Directors has approved a number of items leading to the eventual move of Concordia University, Austin, Texas, from its current land-locked location. At its Aug. 25-26 meeting in St. Louis, the Board…

Instead of the harsh judgment they may fear, pregnant young people can look to a new LCMS resource for caring support and positive choices for a healthy pregnancy, birth, and parenting options. “Sometimes in churches and communities, pregnant young people are…