LCMS college students explore the intersection of faith and society at the Jan. 4-6 “Liberty” conference.
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And the ‘Mustache Resolution’ winner is …
Montana District President Rev. Terry Forke wins having “the best mustache” as he and Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison both undergo facial-hair shaves.
Photo gallery: Liberty Conference and the Great Mustache Shave-Off
“Liberty,” the 2017 National LCMS Campus Ministry Conference, was Jan. 4-6 on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. “The Mustache Resolution” was also settled between LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison and LCMS Montana District President Rev. Terry Forke.
Registration opens for 2017 campus-ministry conference
“Liberty” will take place Jan. 4-6 on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.
Gospel’s centrality key to BNM’s work in new triennium
Meeting in St. Louis Sept. 8-9, the Synod’s Board for National Mission hears reports on all 18 ministries of the LCMS Office of National Mission.
Rural & Small Town Mission Conference set for Wichita
This year’s conference is planned for Nov. 3-5 in Wichita, Kan., under the theme “Mission at Home: Standing Where You Are Planted.”
KFUO Audio: Interview about ‘Mission Field: USA’ with Rev. Schave, Rev. Burfeind
KFUO Radio host Andy Bates talks with Rev. Steve Schave, director, LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Peter Burfeind about national mission work. Rev. Burfeind is a domestic missionary serving in campus ministry at the University of Toledo and in the struggling inner city of Toledo, Ohio, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Student Ministry.
LCMS U director offers encouragement, hope in wake of SCOTUS marriage ruling
LCMS U director reminds college students: “God has a habit of working great things out of dark moments.”
KFUO Audio: Faith’n’Family – Y4Life Campus Ministry Student Leadership Summit
Laura Davis, director of Y4Life (a ministry of Lutherans for Life), reviews the recent Y4Life Campus Ministry Student Leadership Summit (March 27-29, 2015) aimed at equipping college students to be peer leaders in life-affirming programs on their campuses. Lydia Wallace, nursing student at Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, shared her perspective on the summit as well.
KFUO Audio: Faith’n’Family – Top 10 Things to Know About Freshmen Year
Pastor Jay Winters, University Lutheran Church, Tallahassee, Fla., and Florida State student, Garrett Fanskousky, discuss topics important for parents to know about freshman year in college and the importance of campus ministry.
What’s in the March ‘Lutheran Witness’?
The issue focuses on topics of interest to college-age youth: the contraceptive culture, the death penalty, social media, sexual morality, depression and sin.
Photo gallery: 2015 TABOO National LCMS Campus Ministry Conference
See photographs from the 2015 TABOO National LCMS Campus Ministry Conference at Saint Louis University.
LCMS college students tackle ‘TABOO’ topics
With some 475 participants, the Jan. 5-7 LCMS campus-ministry conference addresses topics the culture may not want the Church discussing.
‘TABOO:’ God’s gift of family
Bethany Woelmer, a participant in the Jan. 5-7 LCMS campus-ministry conference in St. Louis, offers her observations on the event.
Campus ministry reaches out after Florida State shooting
Maintaining a Christian presence on college campuses is important, but perhaps never more so than in the face of a tragedy.

