LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) seeks nominations for an associate executive director.  The associate executive director reports to the executive director and maintains a close liaison with the staff of the Office of the President, providing assistance…

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The following institutions of the Concordia University System (CUS) are seeking candidates for positions described below: Concordia College-New York, Bronxville, N.Y., seeks to fill the following administrative position: director of annual giving. Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., seeks to fill…

JOHN R. ASHCRAFT III, Collinsville, Ill.; CARLA J. FAGA, St. Charles, Ill.; GRETCHEN HUESMANN, Grafton, Wis.; DONALD G. HOFFMANN, Cincinnati, Ohio; SHANNON N. RITTER, Kalispell, Mont.; and SARA M. WOLFF, Wauwatosa, Wis., have applied for reinstatement to the Minister of…

Addressing those affected by the tornadoes, Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick issued a statement on behalf of all LCMS members. “We are all saddened,” Kieschnick said.  “Our hearts are full with deep compassion for those losing their homes,…

Through Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Baltimore, and its overseas partner Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, U.S. Lutherans have pledged an initial emergency grant of $50,000 for victims of the May 3 cyclone in Myanmar, and that aid is “definitely…

Dr. Joel D. Lehenbauer of Union, Mo., has accepted the call to become executive director of the Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR), effective July 1. Lehenbauer — who has been associate executive director of the CTCR since 2004 —…

The commission on fellowship between The Association of American Lutheran Churches (AALC) and The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod agreed on an initial operating agreement — concerning the movement of members between the two church bodies — during its fourth meeting, May 19 in…

The Apple of His Eye, a St. Louis-based LCMS mission society, and two of its missionaries filed a lawsuit May 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri seeking an injunction against the City of St.…

Karen Sansone, director of the Tax and Compliance section of the Synod’s Accounting Department, reminds all LCMS entities that their efforts, if any, to “educate voters” must comply with Internal Revenue code requirements concerning political campaign activities. The code, Sansone…

By Roland Lovstad Theological training with a mission emphasis is the thrust of the Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute (LHMI) that began offering classes this year in El Paso, Texas. Supported by LCMS World Mission and the LCMS Rocky Mountain District,…

Dr. Jaroslav (Jary) Jan Vajda — a retired LCMS pastor, author, and editor who was known as “the dean of hymn writers in North America” — died May 10 at Laclede Groves Senior Living Community in Webster Groves, Mo., where he and…

Rev. David A. Johnson of St. Louis has accepted the call to serve as executive director of the LCMS Commission on Worship, effective June 2. In that position, Johnson succeeds Dr. Paul Grime, who began serving last fall as associate…

Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Baltimore, is seeking members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and other volunteers to travel to India this fall to build low-cost homes through the “Thrivent Builds Worldwide” program and to visit communities in which LWR works…

Registration remains open for LCMS Youth Ministry’s third National Lutheran Youth Workers Conference (also known as “NATIONAL”) — set for July 10-13 at the Westin Hotel In Indianapolis, where participants may take advantage of a special discount room rate until…