The convention and the board President Kieschnick’s official report to the Synod (June Reporter, p. 11), in my view, clearly establishes that actions of the Synod’s Board of Directors have plunged the Synod into a serious constitutional crisis.  Not only must…

A new Synod youth-workers conference is more than a year off, but the registration fee is lowest for those who register for it at the LCMS Youth Gathering July 24-28. The first national Lutheran Youth Workers Conference, sponsored by LCMS District…

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is starting two new competitive-grant programs — the Charitable Giving Initiative and the Youth Leadership Initiative — and is calling for Lutheran institutions to apply for a total of $6.8 million in grants ranging from $5,000…

A new “special report” on the national and international work of the Missouri Synod, its districts and congregations is being provided to more than 500,000 LCMS households through the June/July issue of The Lutheran Witness. “One Mission Ablaze!  To the Ends…

The Synod’s Board of Directors has released a new “Board Briefs” to address Synod President Gerald Kieschnick’s report to the Synod on certain board actions, to cite concerns about some convention resolutions, and to list what it calls the board’s…

LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick is encouraging district presidents to provide those in their districts with information in support of a Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), which would define marriage solely as the union of one man and one woman. “You know as…

By Kim Plummer Krull BROOKLYN, N.Y. — As the last few buyers of 2,900 low-cost homes prepared for their closings, LCMS church and lay leaders celebrated the completion of the “Nehemiah” community here May 27 and the beginning of “a national crusade”…

As this Reporter went to press, Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR), based in Chicago, continued to organize recovery efforts after spring storms. That includes eastern Nebraska, where tornadoes and hailstorms hit in late May. A June 10 news release from LDR,…

“The government is on the same page as the churches when it offers initiatives for faith-based organizations to reach people who are hurting,” said Barbara Below, who represented the Synod at the first White House National Conference on Faith-Based and…

More than $227,000 already has been received for the “One Mission Ablaze! National Offering,” in response to a mailing to 345,000 Synod donors in May. Related mailings also were sent to LCMS national convention delegates and to all 6,100 Synod congregations,…

Live Lutheran worship services for the deaf are offered each week on www.DeafJesus.org, a Web site that uses RealVideo streaming media technology to offer video programs over the Internet. The Web site was started last year by two LCMS pastors who…

Prayers are being requested for the people of Yambio, a community in southern Sudan that is home to some members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sudan (ELCS). In an e-mail to LCMS World Mission staff dated May 20, ELCS…

The Reporter Web site periodically lists those who have received honorary degrees and awards from colleges, universities and seminaries of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and Lutheran Church–Canada.   Individuals who have received such honors so far this year, most of them…

Reporter asked the five nominees for LCMS president to answer in writing a series of questions related to issues facing the Synod, including some that will come before next month’s Synod convention. Here are their answers: Question 1. Ablaze!, reflected…

Question 3. For the past triennium, the participation of an LCMS district president in the post-9/11 “A Prayer for America” at Yankee Stadium has been a subject of controversy and discussion in the Synod.  How can a member of the…