Lutheran congregations, schools, and organizations have until Sept. 15 to apply for a total of $5.5 million that the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation will give in its Charitable Gifting Initiative grant program for 2006. The initiative is a “a…
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod seeks candidates for the following two positions: Vice President, Products and Services for Concordia Plan Services. Concordia Plan Services administers the benefit programs and the Trusts by which programs are funded for full-time workers of The…
Delegates to the 47th convention of the Alberta-British Columbia District of Lutheran Church–Canada April 22 elected Rev. Donald Schiemann to his third term as district president. The convention took place April 21-24 in Red Deer, Alberta, under the theme “Proclaiming…
“Love Completes the Mission” is the theme for this year’s “Armed Forces Sunday” observance on May 21, and resources still are available to help congregations remember military families and support the Synod’s ministry to the armed forces. Nearly 45,000 Lutherans…
KEVIN T. MEYER, Berne, Ill., has applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. SUSAN (LISCH) ADER, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.; LAURA J. DONNELLY, Baltimore, Md.; MONICA EHRHARDT, Houston, Texas; SOPHIA (CHUTE) GARCIA, Tucson, Ariz.;…
Telephone survey will query church workers about indebtedness The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is conducting an in-depth study on the indebtedness of LCMS clergy and church workers and its impact on their lives. The results of this nationwide research will be…
Q: We are stuck. Let me explain. Several of us who are members of our Board of Elders want to add to the staff of our congregation by bringing on a director of Christian education. We are in an area…
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Close(d) Communion An April Reporter story stated that the Southern Illinois District convention passed a resolution “asking the district president or his representative to visit Southern Illinois congregations to work toward uniformity in line with ‘our Synod’s doctrine of closed…
A layman reflects as Synod anticipates Lutheran Service Book By James D. Lowitzer Ever since the 1998 Synod convention encouraged work to begin on a new hymnal for our church body, Lutheran Service Book has been in careful and loving…
David L. Strand in April accepted the LCMS Board for Communication Services’ (BCS) appointment as its full-time executive director. Vicki Biggs and Joe Isenhower Jr. also accepted the board’s appointments as manager of Public Affairs/Media Relations and managing editor-Reporter, respectively…
Lutherans For Life’s (LFL) annual national conference moves from fall to summer this year — July 14-16 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa — to make it easier for whole families to attend. Registration is open now, by mail or online (click here), where…
Lutheran congregations, schools, and organizations have until Sept. 15 to apply for a total of $5.5 million that the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation will give in its Charitable Gifting Initiative grant program for 2006. The initiative is a “a…
LCMS President Gerald B. Kieschnick is among 43 U.S. religious leaders who have signed an open letter calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Declaring support for the…
Military chaplaincies received attention from leaders of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), meeting as the Committee on Lutheran Cooperation (CLC) on April 6 at the ELCA offices in Chicago. Reporting on behalf of both…
As Lutherans and Roman Catholics continued to dialogue around the theme of “The Hope of Eternal Life,” LCMS participants described the meetings as thorough and careful ways to listen to one another. “It’s invaluable because we talk to one another,…
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