After holding virtual Call Day services in 2020 due to the nationwide COVID-19 shutdown, the two seminaries of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod were able, by God’s grace, to return to in-person Call Day celebrations in 2021.
Council of Presidents holds annual Call Week meeting
The COP approved placements and conducted other business.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Henry L. Koepchen, former chairman of the LCMS Board of Directors
The Rev. Dr. Henry L. Koepchen, who served on the LCMS Board of Directors from 1977 to 1992, died on April 12.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Frazier Norton Odom, former interim executive director of LCMS Black Ministry
The Rev. Dr. Frazier Norton Odom, former interim executive director of Black Ministry for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, died on April 20 at the age of 83.
Watch Call Day services online
Both seminaries of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod will provide live, online coverage of their upcoming Call Day and Assignment services.
CSL to hold virtual multiethnic symposium
Set for May 4–5, this year’s event is titled “The Rest and the West: What the West Can Learn From Global South Christianity.”
Campus clips – Concordias expand space and programs
Updates from LCMS colleges, universities and seminaries.
Egger accepts call to serve as CSL president
Egger will transition to his new role in mid-March and be formally installed in August.
Campus clips – Vaccines, honors, traditions
Updates from LCMS colleges, universities and seminaries.
Egger called as 11th president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
The Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Egger, Gustav and Sophie Butterbach Professor of Exegetical Theology and chairman of the Department of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL), has been called to serve as the 11th president in CSL’s 182-year history.
Campus clips – Wellness, vocation, technology
Updates from LCMS colleges, universities and seminaries.
Position announcement: Practical Theology faculty, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
The position also includes the administrative role of parish educator.
Photo essay: A photographer’s look back at 2020
LCMS Managing Photojournalist Erik M. Lunsford shares some of 2020’s definitive moments.
NLSA selects Dinger for School Shepherd Award
The Rev. Jonathan Dinger, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church and School in Pocatello, Idaho, was selected by National Lutheran School Accreditation to receive the 2020 NLSA School Shepherd Award.
Campus clips – Seminaries and colleges report on enrollment, events, service
News from LCMS colleges, universities and seminaries.

