By Kim Krull It was just about two years ago that Rev. Eric Hollar’s home filled with four feet of water, his church sustained major damage and, almost overnight, his Biloxi, Miss., ministry ballooned to include many more homeless and hungry…

Lutherans are responding with aid and assessments of how to most effectively help after an Aug. 15 magnitude-8 earthquake in Peru left more than 500 people dead, 1,000 more injured, and at least that many homeless. LCMS World Relief and Human…

By Vicki J. Biggs More than 250 adults — ranging in age from 24 to 88 — attended the first-ever LCMS Adult Gathering July 28-Aug. 1 in Orlando, Fla., held in conjunction with the 2007 National LCMS Youth Gathering.  Participants…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. At the 2007 National LCMS Youth Gathering, July 28-Aug. 1 in Orlando, Fla., countless young people and adults slapped exhuberant high-fives with friends and strangers all over the Orange County Convention Center and elsewhere. And in a quieter…

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, celebrates the 50th anniversary of its campus Sept. 9. Designed by Finnish architect Eero Saarinen — whose projects include the St. Louis Gateway Arch and Washington’s Dulles International Airport — the Fort Wayne campus opened…

By Paula Schlueter Ross A man who was helped by a kind and well-loved deaconess with a heart for helping the less fortunate has been arrested for her murder. Benjamin Fish, 47, is being held by police in Wichita, Kan.,…

In an Aug. 13 memo to Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod leaders, Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick wrote that news of an action of the 2007 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly just two days earlier “troubles me greatly and…

Seven LCMS pastors, professors, and other theologians were among a select group of scholars who presented their work on Martin Luther at the 11th International Congress for Luther Research, July 22-27 in Canoas, Brazil. The men joined 109 Luther scholars…

By Paula Schlueter Ross With his church located just two blocks from the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Rev. David Kind was among the first to see the devastation. Kind, who serves University Lutheran Chapel on the campus of the University…

Concordia Publishing House has introduced more than two dozen new books for the fall and Christmas seasons. New items include: the Golden Anniversary Edition of Little Visits with God ($12.99, item no. 06-1325), by Allan Hart Jahsmann and Martin P.…

Former students from all graduating classes of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, are invited to return to the campus for the school’s first-ever “Alumni Homecoming” on Monday, Sept. 17. The daylong celebration begins at 8:30 a.m. with registration and ends after…

The Synod’s two seminaries are offering this fall free visitation events for men and women college age and older.  Both events — held on the seminaries’ campuses in St. Louis and Fort Wayne, Ind. — provide free meals, lodging, and…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking churches that operate feeding programs to check their stores of products intended for donation to ensure they do not include any of approximately 90 different canned foods that could cause botulism poisoning.…

The Association of Lutheran Older Adults (ALOA) is sponsoring a Lutherhostel Oct. 21-26 at the Lutheran Coastal Retreat Center in Isle of Palms (Charleston), S.C. Designed for older adults, the six-day event is intended to “foster opportunities for intellectual, social,…

Concordia International School Shanghai (CISS) kicks off a new school year Aug. 15 with more than 1,000 students in preschool through Grade 12, two new buildings, and a new administrator. Dr. Jim Koerschen of Brighton, Mich., began serving in July…

Nearly 1,000 people attended the 90th annual international convention of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League, held July 26-29 in Duluth, Minn. The convention, with the theme “Let Your Light Shine” (Matt. 5:16), implored attendees to let their light shine as…