Participants represent a range of religious and faith-based groups, ages and ethnicities.
Free to Be Faithful
Synod to provide resources for monthly emphases
The resources will be available free to districts, congregations and schools to use at any time during the month.
Free to be Faithful Essay Contest now open to pastors and church workers
Now, we want to hear from LCMS pastors and church workers through our summer Free to be Faithful Essay Contest.
Tobias ‘encouraged’ by progress of pro-life movement
Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee, says the number of abortions in the U.S. each year has fallen by more than half a million since 1990.
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Recommends Faith-based Program for Girls
ST. LOUIS (May 14, 2014) – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) President Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison and American Heritage Girls (AHG) Executive Director Patti Garibay signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) May 14, 2014.
Harrison talks Hobby Lobby, health care in ‘op-ed’
Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison gives reasons why Americans need to discuss issues in the U.S. Supreme Court case against the Affordable Care Act.
Tired of Hobby Lobby?
You’re tired of hearing about Hobby Lobby and the Supreme Court. But even though you are tired, even though you’ve grown weary of having the same discussions about the same points, Hobby Lobby and fines and health-care plans still matter. They matter because your country – the United States of America – was founded on the principle that you were born with certain rights: the rights to seek and follow truth, to live according to your beliefs, to worship freely.
Brian Brown calls on youth to be ‘heroes’
In a March 13 “Free to Be Faithful” webinar, the president of the National Organization for Marriage emphasizes the importance of defending marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
LCMS signs HHS-related amicus brief
The brief relates to upcoming Supreme Court cases — involving Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties — that resulted from the Affordable Care Act and its Health and Human Services’ mandate.
‘There is no defeat in Christ,’ ADF counsel reminds LCMS
Matt Bowman, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, talks with LCMS members in a Jan. 23 webinar on the challenges to Americans’ religious freedoms.
May, Harrison call for support of Indiana marriage bill
Indiana District President Rev. Daniel May and Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison are working together to strengthen — and safeguard — traditional marriage in Indiana.
Response to Court Opinion on Clergy Housing Allowance
On November 22, 2013, a Federal District Court in Wisconsin held that the clergy housing allowance is unconstitutional. Specifically, the judge entered an Order and Opinion declaring 26 U.S.C. Section 107(2) unenforceable because it violates the First and Fifth Amendments…
Congregations advised to make own decisions on Boy Scouts involvement
An Oct. 7 letter from LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison to church workers advises congregations to make their own decisions on whether or not they will sponsor troops with the Boy Scouts of America.
LCMS Releases Statement on Scouting
Congregations advised to make own decisions on Boy Scouts involvement
Maggie Karner discusses marriage on KFUO
Maggie Karner, director, LCMS Life and Health Ministries, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court June 26 ruling on marriage on KFUO Radio’s Law & Gospel program.
LCMS responds to Supreme Court ruling in marriage case
Responding to the June 26 decision striking down part of a federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, the LCMS issues a statement saying “we are saddened for our nation, even as we call our fellow Christians to faithfulness and prayer.”