By Adriane Dorr LCMS leaders met with representatives on Capitol Hill Oct. 27 and took part in the first-ever Lutheran Services in America Day at the White House Oct. 28. On the first day of their visit to Washington, D.C., the group…

By Glenn Fluegge Yesterday morning I sat at my desk and wept. I do not cry often, but I could not help myself. I had just received news that Rev. Dr. Wilbert Kreiss had died during the night while attending the…

THE LUTHERAN CHURCH–MISSOURI SYNOD INC. Financial condition of the Synod (FY 2011) By Jerald C. Wulf We certainly are living in interesting times. It seems the challenges we face are ever-increasing. Yet we trust in our Lord’s promises to provide…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — How does a modern filmmaker with qualms about religion make a movie about the power of an ancient Christian pilgrimage? That’s the dilemma that actor/director Emilio Estevez faced when making “The Way,” a new film that opened…

ST. LOUIS — At its Sept. 9-10 meeting here, the LCMS Board for International Mission (BIM) continued developing policies to guide the work of the Synod’s Office of International Mission (OIM). This was the board’s fifth meeting since it was…

BERLIN (RNS) — All faiths have to work together to stanch the tide of secularism sweeping the world, warned Pope Benedict XVI on Sept. 23 during the second day of a tour through his native Germany. Benedict focused on ecumenical…

By Kim Plummer Krull As students prepared to start classes at Concordia College, Selma, Ala., on Aug. 17, administrators and faculty say work they tackled earlier in the month will help the country’s only historically black Lutheran college continue to…

By Kim Plummer Krull The day after one Mercy Medical Team (MMT) returned from leading first-ever, much-needed diabetes education seminars requested by the India Evangelical Lutheran Church, another group of quickly organized medical volunteers headed to Haiti to answer an…

After four years — and hundreds of hours of research — Concordia Publishing House has produced The Story Bible for children ages 3 to 8. The new Bible features lifelike illustrations, Christ-centered stories and resources designed to enhance learning.  It…

By Melanie Ave The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod commissioned 34 new career and long-term missionaries and educators into global service with a special “sending service” July 15 at the LCMS International Center chapel in St. Louis. The 2011 career and GEO…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Christian missionaries should renounce all “deception and coercive means” of winning converts, according to an agreement released June 28 by a broad coalition of evangelicals, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Vatican. The document, “Christian…

By Paula Schlueter Ross PEORIA, Ill. — Delegates to the 34th Biennial Convention of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, meeting here June 23-26, adopted a new mission goal of $1.825 million for the 2011-2013 biennium. The goal is the same…

By Kim Plummer Krull Two children, ages 6 and 8, from a member family at First Lutheran Church in nearby Neosho, Mo., are among 132 confirmed deaths from the devastating twister that ripped through Joplin, Mo., on May 22.  The…

By Kim Plummer Krull Members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School in Cullman, Ala., are among the masses dealing with major damages after powerful storms cut a wide swath through the South on April 27, killing more than 250…

The Synod’s two seminaries are offering continuing-education courses this summer in a variety of North American locations. The courses are open to clergy and laypeople. Following is a list of dates, sites, courses, instructors and contact information for each seminary.…

By James Heine Japan is a nation of some 126.5 million people. It is one of the leading democracies in the Pacific Rim and a major world economic power. While it is well-prepared for natural disasters (perhaps better prepared than…