Summaries of the recent meetings of the COP, BOD, BNM and BIM.
Board for International Mission
Mission boards meet in St. Louis
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Boards for National Mission and International Mission held their first meetings of the triennium in September.
Synod officers, board members installed in St. Louis
The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison was re-elected to a fifth term as LCMS president during the 2023 convention in Milwaukee.
Mission boards hold last meetings of quadrennium
The boards next meet Sept. 14 and 15 in St. Louis.
Convention encourages in-person worship, recognizes 50th anniversary of ‘Walkout’
Life Together resolutions address in-person worship, the 50th anniversary of the Concordia Seminary ‘Walkout,’ the ‘Koinonia program, ‘Himnario Luterano’ and the Synod’s mission priorities.
LCMS convention adopts eight resolutions on structure and administration
The resolutions clarify multi-parish representation at conventions, fix various glitches in the convention Handbook and clarify Synod Bylaws.
Delegates elect 21 members to five Synod boards
The ordained, commissioned and lay members will serve on boards of the LCMS and its entities.
‘A fantastic run’: BOD closes one era, prepares for next
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) Board of Directors met at the LCMS International Center in St. Louis May 18–19.
Mission boards look to convention
The LCMS Boards for International and National Mission met in January and February in St. Louis.
Bernhard M. Seter scholarship to support church work students in Africa
Recipients of the scholarship must be studying to become Lutheran pastors, deaconesses or Christian evangelists serving in Africa LCMS partner churches.
BIM fills vacancies, issues calls
The LCMS Board for International Mission met in St. Louis Sept. 22–23.
BOD looks to 2023 and beyond
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Board of Directors met Aug. 25–26 in St. Louis,
National Mission discusses chaplaincy, church planting
The LCMS Board for National Mission convened June 16–17 in St. Louis.
BIM plans for future, gives thanks for past blessings
The board met May 26–27 in St. Louis.
LCMS Board of Directors approves surplus budget for FY23
The budget includes total revenue of just over $82 million and total spending of $81.4 million.
Mission boards seek to connect with districts on Synod priorities
This past fall and winter, teams composed of one member each from the Boards for National and International Mission met in person or via Zoom with every district of the Synod.