If you’re planning a family vacation this summer but not set on where to go or what to do, Jim Lohman of LCMS District and Congregational Services — Youth Ministry has an idea. “Don’t overlook the opportunities for your family to…
By Joe Isenhower Jr. Rev. David Muench says he’s “thrilled and encouraged” by three positive things that new pastors have identified about their participation in the Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support’s (CMGS) Post-Seminary Applied Learning and Support (PALS) initiative. “They…
“Women in Times of War” is the theme of a conference to be held March 27 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Sponsored by the seminary’s Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life, the conference is the first in a two-part…
“Open and collaborative discussions” between staff of LCMS World Mission and their counterparts in the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) have dispelled myths and opened the door to mutual understanding and a realization that the two organizations can work together for…
By Joe Isenhower Jr. In the tally of the Lutheran Youth Fellowship (LYF) Youth Poll conducted at last year’s National LCMS Gathering in Orlando, young people saw “my own faith” as their number-one concern. Of the 2,152 participants who took…
This winter and spring, the Synod’s two seminaries are sponsoring open-house events for men and women — from high-school-age to adult — who are interested in pursuing church vocations. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has planned: “Taste of the Sem,” Jan.…
With Dr. Bruce Hartung Several readers were really unhappy with my reply in the October column to the pastor struggling with his parishioners’ disinterest in doctrine. My plan is to use this month’s column and the next to address some…
November is “National Adoption Month,” according to Lutherans For Life (LFL), and the pro-life, pro-family ministry is offering a number of resources designed to help congregations call attention to both sides of adoption — those who give up their babies…
Overseas tourists who visit Germany — the motherland of the Reformation — often expect “a country full of Lutherans,” says Dr. Jobst Schöne, bishop emeritus of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany, or SELK, an LCMS partner church. In…
ACCRA, Ghana — The International Lutheran Council (ILC) accepted four new member church bodies — the most at any one time — during its 22nd international conference here Sept. 24-30. The ILC is an association of 34 confessional Lutheran church bodies from six continents…
With Dr. Bruce Hartung Q: What is a pastor to do or say when his congregational leaders want absolutely nothing to do with doctrine? … I try to explain that LCMS doctrine is not my personal opinion. … I am…
By Kim Krull It was just about two years ago that Rev. Eric Hollar’s home filled with four feet of water, his church sustained major damage and, almost overnight, his Biloxi, Miss., ministry ballooned to include many more homeless and hungry…
By Joe Isenhower Jr. At the 2007 National LCMS Youth Gathering, July 28-Aug. 1 in Orlando, Fla., countless young people and adults slapped exhuberant high-fives with friends and strangers all over the Orange County Convention Center and elsewhere. And in a quieter…
Following a recommendation from last year’s report of the Synod Blue Ribbon Task Force on Funding the Mission, delegates to the 2007 Synod convention adopted a resolution (4-02) titled “To Begin a Stewardship Renewal through Enhanced Communication.” The resolution requests…
HOUSTON – Delegates encouraged stewardship renewal, especially through enhanced communication, as they considered resolutions on program and finance July 17 at the 63rd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. The resolution follows the report issued last year by the…
HOUSTON – Noting that some items in the president’s report to the 1941 Synod convention still apply, LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick-– in his report to the opening session of the Synod convention here July 15-–emphasized the need for Synod members…
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