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LWML elects new president, sets record mission goal
Eden Keefe, newly elected LWML president, addresses the LWML convention on June 24 in Milwaukee. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) By Stacey Egger At the 40th Biennial Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML)...
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Peter Slayton, LCMS social media manager, moderates a daily panel discussion about some of the convention’s big questions. In this installment, LCMS Secretary Rev. Dr. John W. Sias discusses why we...
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Convention guests and Synod leaders discuss their roles at the convention and their service to the church. In this installment, convention catechist Rev. Peter Bender discusses Luther’s Small...
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Peter Slayton, LCMS social media manager, moderates a daily panel discussion about some of the convention’s big questions. In this installment, a panel of leaders representing the LCMS Commission on...
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Worship before work: Synod convention convenes in Milwaukee
The Rev. M. Douglas Peters, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, leads the recessional following the opening Divine Service of the 68th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod...
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Synod vice-presidents re-elected
The Revs. Dr. John C. Wohlrabe Jr., Christopher S. Esget, Nabil S. Nour and Benjamin T. Ball watch as the Synod in convention conducts the balloting for regional vice-presidents. In the final ranking...
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Convention guests and Synod leaders discuss their roles at the convention and their service to the church. In this installment, Eden Keefe, newly elected president of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary...
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Synod convention welcomes new partners in proclaiming the Gospel
The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, LCMS president, holds up a helmet presented to him by the Rev. Serge Maschewski, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine. The LCMS purchased the helmet...
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Convention adopts three wide-ranging omnibus resolutions
Delegates to the 68th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod laugh during convention business on July 30 in Milwaukee. (LCMS/Frank Kohn) By Cheryl Magness MILWAUKEE — The 68th Regular...
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Synod convention recognizes Harrison’s re-election
The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison’s re-election as Synod president is recognized by the convention on July 30 in Milwaukee. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) By Kevin Armbrust MILWAUKEE — On July 30, during the...
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LCMS convention encourages building a culture of life
Deaconess Grace Rao, the Rev. Don Hougard, Sheryl Dewitt and the Rev. Joe Glombicki — all Million Dollar Life Match grant recipients — are recognized onstage on July 30 during the 68th Regular...
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Peter Slayton, LCMS social media manager, moderates a daily panel discussion about some of the convention’s big questions. In this installment, Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Rast Jr., president of Concordia...
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LCMS convention adopts eight National Witness resolutions
Oklahoma District President Rev. David R. Nehrenz, chairman of Floor Committee 1 (left), and Atlantic District President Rev. Dien A. Taylor, an advisory ordained member of Floor Committee 1 (right),...
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Sias re-elected, Synod BOD positions filled
The Rev. Dr. John W. Sias was elected to his third term as LCMS secretary on July 31 in Milwaukee. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) By Kevin Armbrust MILWAUKEE — On Monday, July 31, at the 68th Regular...
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LCMS recognizes broken fellowship with Japan Lutheran Church
LCMS Iowa District East President Rev. Dr. Brian Saunders speaks with the Rev. Dr. Joel Lehenbauer, executive director of the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations, during discussion of...
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LCMS convention adopts five Ecclesiastical Supervision resolutions
The Rev. Dr. Dwayne M. Lueck, vice-chairman of Floor Committee 10 on Ecclesiastical Supervision and Dispute Resolution, commences the work of FC 10 on July 31 at the 68th Regular Convention of The...
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Peter Slayton, LCMS social media manager, moderates a daily panel discussion about some of the convention’s big questions. In this installment, Floor Committee 7 Chairman Rev. Dr. Scott R. Murray,...
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Convention guests and Synod leaders discuss their roles at the convention and their service to the church. In this installment, the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Shaw, director of LCMS Church Relations, discusses...
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Convention affirms in-person Communion
The Rev. Dr. Brian S. Saunders, LCMS Iowa District East president, speaks with members of Floor Committee 5 as they prepare to present Resolution 5-08A. (LCMS/Frank Kohn) By Roy S. Askins MILWAUKEE —...
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Delegates express desire for reconciliation with CTX, pass Res. 7-03
The Rev. Dr. Jamison J. Hardy, president of the LCMS English District and vice-chairman of Floor Committee 7 on University Education, leads debate on Resolution 7-03 at the LCMS convention on Aug. 1....
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