CLARK A. BROWN, Traverse, Mich., has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  RACHEL VERSEMANN, St. Peters, Mo., and GAIL WINNINGHAM, Dallas, Texas, have applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Commissioned roster…

Be fruitful and multiply Dr. Judith Christian asks, “Where are all the children?” (Commentary, March ’06).  A quick look at statistics will tell you the answer: They were never born. In 2004, the LCMS had 2.46 million baptized members.  Likewise…

A new eight-member committee met in February to start work on developing resources in “diverse worship” for the Synod. The group’s assignment is a step toward carrying out a resolution adopted by delegates to Synod’s 2004 convention. Titled “To Affirm…

So goes the cry, but is the Synod really getting the job done? By Eloy Gonzalez What we say as a church body is not always consistent with what we do.  Consider our attitude toward Latinos. The Missouri Synod wants…

Concordia University, Austin, Texas, seeks candidates for registrar.  The registrar is responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of the university’s academic records and student registration processes.  Reporting to the Vice President of Academic Services, the registrar bears responsibility for…

The Board of Regents of Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., herewith gives notice of intent to grant tenure to Dr. Julie Gartrell and Dr. Paul Hillmer. Correspondence regarding this intent should be directed to the undersigned within six weeks after…

If you’ve shared your faith with even one person — and given that person a chance to respond — register that activity on the Ablaze! Web site at www.lcms.org/ablaze. “We’re counting because each individual [who hears the Gospel] counts; each…

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By Joe Isenhower Jr. “Not every child in our building necessarily comes to us because we are a Gospel-proclaiming, Christian school, ” says Dina Vendetti, principal of St. John’s Lutheran School, Dover, Del.  Vendetti was one of several school officials Reporter…

By Paula Schlueter Ross St. Louis-based Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) has joined the Ablaze! Gospel-sharing effort in a big way, adding more than 1.4 million “contacts” to the Web-based counter over the past four months, bringing the total number to…

Concordia Publishing House will revise Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions, A Reader’s Edition following a decision from the LCMS Commission on Doctrinal Review to revoke doctrinal certification of the first edition published in 2005. In a March 16 memo distributed through…

By Kim Krull No classes have met at St. John Lutheran School in New Orleans since September, but Principal Bethany Gonski never has been busier.   Instead of teaching students and leading faculty, Gonski scurries to find funding for new…

The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League has a reputation for raising big money through little donations — more than $80 million in its 60-year history, raised primarily by thousands of members who fed their cardboard “mite boxes” with spare change. Now,…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. Although the weather service reported at least 37 tornado touchdowns in Missouri March 11-13, no LCMS congregation members were known to have been killed or severely injured. But pastors and congregations in the affected areas are…

The Center for U.S. Missions in Irvine, Calif., is offering “Basic Mission Planter Training” July 24-28 at Concordia University, Irvine. The weeklong session prepares “church planters” in the basics of a mission plant, affirms them in their role as “planters,” connects…