Official Notice: LCEF, Foundation audits

The audits and summary budgets of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Foundation have been completed and are available upon written request.  Please direct your request to: Lutheran Church Extension FundSunset Corporate Center10733 Sunset Office DriveSt.…

Official Notice: LCMS audit

The audits for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and the program budget summary for fiscal year 2007-08 of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod have been completed and are available upon written request. Requests for the audited financial statements…

Requests for Reinstatement (December)

LARRY OETTING, Seward, Neb., and ROBERT E. WILLIAMS, Saginaw, Mich., have applied for reinstatement to the Minister of Religion-Commissioned roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  Correspondence regarding these applications should be directed to the undersigned for receipt no later than…

'Headcount' at Synod colleges sets record at 21,839

By Paula Schlueter Ross The number of graduate students attending Concordia University System (CUS) schools rose by more than 35 percent in the past year, continuing a dramatic climb that has pushed the total fall “headcount” at CUS schools to…

Items wanted, available (December)

Note:  Reporter cannot accept notices about items offered for sale or that people wish to purchase.  Items described as “Wanted” or “Available” are sought or may be obtained for shipping costs only. Wanted 1971-72 student directory for Concordia Senior College. …

Pressure Points (December)

With Dr. Bruce Hartung Several readers were really unhappy with my reply in the October column to the pastor struggling with his parishioners’ disinterest in doctrine.  My plan is to use this month’s column and the next to address some…

CUS school positions (December)

The following institutions of the Concordia University System (CUS) are seeking candidates for positions described below: Concordia University Nebraska, Seward, Neb., seeks to fill the following faculty position: education (special education). Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., seeks to fill the…

Positions (December)

Concordia University College of Alberta, Edmonton, seeks to fill the three positions listed below.  A member of the AUCC, Concordia is authorized to grant bachelor’s degrees in Arts, Science, Management, Education, and Environmental Health, and a master’s degree in Information…

Letters to the Editor (December)

Statistics I am commenting on the November Reporter story about Synod statistical information for 2006. Your data on congregations’ membership and giving are reported with a deceptive precision and conclusions.  Given the limited number of congregations reporting, what is the…

Historical Institute honors Lumpe, 16 others

Laurence E. “Larry” Lumpe, president of the Board of Governors of Concordia Historical Institute (CHI), Nov. 8 received the institute’s Distinguished Service Award. Lumpe, who also served as CHI’s vice president for nine years, was presented with the institute’s highest…

LCEF reps meet to 'build for eternity'

By Joe Isenhower Jr. DALLAS — Luther Goehring half-jokingly said he “felt real withdrawal” from not attending last year’s Lutheran Church Extension Fund Fall Leadership Conference in Orlando, after years of never missing one when serving two terms on the LCEF…

COP, Board focus on restoring harmony

By Joe Isenhower Jr. DALLAS — In a two-hour joint meeting here Nov. 15, the Synod’s Council of Presidents (COP) and Board of Directors identified some 50 initial “discussion points” as they began the work assigned them by the 2007…

Board, CCM members note benefits of meeting

DALLAS — Discussion about the benefits of face-to-face communication for mutual trust and understanding characterized a three-hour meeting of the LCMS Board of Directors and Commission on Constitutional Matters (CCM) here Nov. 16. That’s somewhat of a different approach for…

LWR catalog features international gifts

The 2007-08 Lutheran World Relief (LWR) Handcraft Project catalog — featuring hundreds of handmade items from artisans around the world — is now available. Included in the full-color catalog are food and home-décor items, baskets, crosses, jewelry, Christmas ornaments, nativity…

LCEF, World Mission create fund for new missions

In support of the Ablaze! outreach movement, the Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) and LCMS World Mission have established a “Mission Planting Fund” to provide low-cost loans for new mission starts in the United States. “We are committed to providing…

Responsibility for recruiting extends beyond seminaries

“Aggressive” is the way representatives of the LCMS seminaries in St. Louis, Mo., and Fort Wayne, Ind., describe their recruitment efforts as they do their part in addressing the projected shortage of parish pastors. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, has three full-time recruitment…