Harrison urges members to join Sept. 12 ‘Day of Remembrance’

Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison invites LCMS Lutherans to gather in prayer for the “Day of Remembrance” for aborted children.

Harrison encourages Lutherans to ‘kneel before the Crucified One’

We invite all members of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod to take part in a Day of Remembrance on Sept. 12 — not just at Planned Parenthood locations, but at your churches, outside your schools, in your homes and by the gravesides of children who have been aborted.

Higher Things conferences draw 2,400-plus

Youth, chaperones and church workers gather at college campuses in Nevada, Michigan and Nebraska in July under the theme “Te Deum.”

LCMS National Mission leaders call for action on abortion

Their Aug. 20 statement denounces Planned Parenthood and urges Synod members to action in a variety of forms.

Synod officials say recent videos ‘lay evil bare’

The infanticide that is occurring at Planned Parenthood must end. It is not simply time to defund that organization; it is time to end abortion in the United States altogether.

PALS: Helping sem grads ‘survive’ — and ‘thrive’ — in new ministries

Thirty-one PALS facilitators (18 pastors and 13 wives) take part in an Aug. 4-5 training conference in St. Louis.

Illinois church, community give thanks for tornado recovery

St. John’s Lutheran Church, New Minden, Ill., holds rededication services as the congregation and community celebrate tornado recovery on Aug. 9.

Food, fun, faith mark Ferguson’s ‘Day of Hope’

More than 3,200 visitors from Ferguson, Mo., and nearby communities receive free goods and services from the LCMS and other area churches and agencies at the July 25 event.

God’s Gift of Sexuality Task Force offers resources

The resources are designed to provide hope and healing for those struggling with same-sex attraction, and offer support for their families.

Lutheran camp includes creation-science learning center

Lutheran Island Camp is dedicating Aug. 29 “the only science and environmental learning center in the country that is based on a Lutheran, Christian, biblical worldview.”

LCMS denounces Planned Parenthood

LCMS leadership reminds Lutherans that unborn lives matter

LCMS, partners break ground for Ferguson ‘Empowerment Center’

They will offer job training and other assistance through the Community Empowerment Center of Ferguson when it opens next summer. At far left is the Synod’s Rev. Steven Schave.

LWML elects new president, sets record mission goal

Delegates to the 36th Biennial Lutheran Women’s Missionary League convention elect Patti Ross president and adopt a record-breaking $2 million mission goal.

New crop of missionaries trained and ‘sent’ to share Gospel

The missionaries will serve in a variety of roles for the LCMS in 13 countries of Asia, Africa, Eurasia and Latin America.

Ohio District elects Cripe to fourth term as president

The LCMS Ohio District re-elects the Rev. Terry Cripe of Defiance, Ohio, as president during its 21st convention, held June 25-27 in Ann Arbor, Mich.

A year later, tornado-struck congregation helps others

Members of St. John Lutheran Church mark the one-year anniversary of the twin tornadoes that ravaged the community of Pilger, Neb.