MinistryFOCUS offers grants to pastors, teachers, directors of Christian education and other rostered LCMS church workers.
Lutheran Church Extension Fund
Concordia University System regents gather for training
The training was mandated by the Synod in convention.
BOD adopts $80.6M budget for FY25
The budget reflects an anticipated $78.6M in total revenue and net asset releases, $2.01M in board-designated releases, and a surplus of $51,000.
Lutherans meet in D.C. to discuss church and state
The event was sponsored by the LCMS Office of the President and Lutheran Church Extension Fund.
Diversity, unity, civility: New curriculum grounds all three in Christ
The curriculum was field-tested by a small group of faculty and staff members at Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill.
Worker wellness coalition meets for sharing, planning
The Ministerial Care Coalition gathered in Florida March 3–5.
‘Set Apart to Serve’ curriculum open for school preorders
After the initial launch period for schools, the curriculum will be made available Synodwide.
District presidents hold first meeting of triennium
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Council of Presidents met in St. Louis Sept. 16–19.
Synod officers, board members installed in St. Louis
The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison was re-elected to a fifth term as LCMS president during the 2023 convention in Milwaukee.
Synod officers to be installed in St. Louis
The service of installation will take place in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.
Two resolutions on Structure and Administration pass, one fails
Delegates amend two Synod Bylaws and reject a resolution to form a task force to study moving to a four-year convention cycle.
Delegates elect CUS board members; university and seminary regents
The ordained, commissioned and lay members will serve on various boards around the LCMS.
Delegates adopt multiple resolutions on church and culture
The resolutions covered issues of racism, abortion, vaccines and more.
LCMS convention adopts eight resolutions on structure and administration
The resolutions clarify multi-parish representation at conventions, fix various glitches in the convention Handbook and clarify Synod Bylaws.
Delegates elect 21 members to five Synod boards
The ordained, commissioned and lay members will serve on boards of the LCMS and its entities.
Official notice: Audits and summary budgets (March 2023)
Audits and summary budgets are available for the LCMS, LCEF, the LCMS Foundation, all 35 LCMS districts and Concordia Publishing House.
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