LCMS Life Ministries and Lutherans For Life (LFL) both are offering resources designed to help congregations observe “Life Sunday” on Jan. 22, 2012, the 39th anniversary date of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 22, 1973, decision that legalized abortion. The…

Registration is now open for the Fourth Biennial Conference of the Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI), located on the campus of Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wis. The national conference, March 9-11 at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis, will explore how women…

As in past years, Lutherans are invited to join the 39th annual “March for Life” Jan. 23 in Washington, D.C., which includes the offer of free lodging for travelers in the homes of Washington-area Lutheran church members. The march is…

By Kim Plummer Krull Generous donors to LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) have provided more than $5.6 million for help in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. That aid was distributed primarily through grants to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of…

By Kim Plummer Krull Plans are in the works to dedicate three Lutheran villages in January in Haiti, the new homes of earthquake survivors who are among the “thousands touched by Christ’s mercy” and a milestone in LCMS “team work”…

Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis is one of four winners of the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award — the country’s highest presidential honor for business-performance excellence through innovation, improvement and visionary leadership. CPH is the only nonprofit business among this…

By Sarah Schafer Four LCMS staff members who traveled to Japan Nov. 7-11 report that life in Tokyo has returned to a sense of normalcy following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the country in March.  But they add…

HENRY ROBERT SCHRIEVER, New Hyde Park, N.Y., and ROLF D. PREUS, Mayville, N.D., have applied for reinstatement to the Ministers of Religion — Ordained roster of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. LAURIE (SCHELCHT) PIERINI, Palatine, Ill., and LARRY L. FINKE, Winona,…

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 Fund Sunset Corporate Center 10733 Sunset Office…

LEDYARD, N.Y. (RNS) — The town clerk in Ledyard, N.Y. — who drew national attention after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — won re-election on Nov. 8. Incumbent Rose Marie Belforti, a Republican, defeated Ed Easter, of Aurora,…

(RNS) — A small Catholic college has sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), saying a new requirement to provide contraceptives contradicts the school’s religious beliefs. Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C., said Nov. 10 that the mandate, ordered…

BALTIMORE (RNS) — The standoff between the White House and the nation’s Catholic bishops over gay marriage and other hot-button issues may be easing after a quiet Oval Office meeting between President Obama and the head of the U.S. Conference…

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The following institutions of the Concordia University System are seeking candidates for positions: Concordia College — New York, Bronxville, N.Y., seeks to fill faculty positions in business; communications (part-time). Concordia University, Irvine, Calif., seeks to fill faculty positions in theology…

The practical application of theology to youth ministry will be the focus of “Youth Ministry 2012” (YM 2012) — LCMS Office of National Mission — Youth Ministry’s yearly symposium for lay and professional youth workers. It is planned for Jan.…