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Seminaries hold online-only Call Day services
The Rev. Dr. Glenn A. Nielsen (right), director of placement at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL), chats with candidate-elect Jared Townley and his wife, Emily, on Wednesday, April 29, in CSL’s...
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‘In sickness and in health’: May ‘Lutheran Witness’
(Getty Images) “In sickness and in health … till death us do part.” Who makes a promise like that — before God, no less? For those who do, it is vital to keep their marriage focused on Christ and not...
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Pastoral Ed holds church worker recruitment meeting, publishes pastoral...
The Rev. John Zimmerman, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Scranton, Pa., prays with preschool and kindergarten students and staff during school chapel on March 11. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) By...
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Christ on the front lines: Remembering the fallen
Marines bow their heads during a field service led by Chaplain Eric Malmstrom during his deployment to Iraq in 2005. (Photo courtesy of Eric Malmstrom) By Stacey Egger Each Memorial Day, Americans...
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Concordia Seminary calls 11th president in 181-year history
The Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Rast Jr., president of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, speaks during a presentation from Floor Committee 6, Pastoral Ministry and Seminaries, during the 67th...
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Michigan floods lead to widespread evacuations
Law enforcement officers patrol downtown Midland, Mich., in a rescue boat on Thursday, May 21. The area is experiencing severe flooding due to dam failures upstream. (Katy Kildee/Midland Daily News via...
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COVID-19 and the church: A different phase and a different response
The U.S Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 26, 2017. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) By Pamela J. Nielsen Breaking: As this story was being published, President Trump gave a statement calling on the nation’s...
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From the mission field – Coronavirus awareness in Madagascar
Members of the Malagasy Lutheran Church in Madagascar carry a sign thanking the LCMS for assisting in the Madagascar church body’s COVID-19 awareness campaign. (Domoina Andriamanisa) The coronavirus...
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BOD adopts first-quarter budget for FY21
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) International Center in St. Louis, where meetings of the LCMS Board of Directors (BOD) are sometimes held. Due to COVID-19 guidelines, the most recent BOD...
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Encouragement and resources for reopening churches
View video: YouTube • Vimeo “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord!’” (Psalm 122:1) Communities are in various stages of reopening in the wake of COVID-19 crisis and...
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Life Ministry has new director
(LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) Manor Deaconess Tiffany Manor has accepted a call from the LCMS Office of National Mission (ONM) to serve as director of LCMS Life Ministry. She began her new role on April 14....
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Campus clips – Spring updates from CUS schools
Composer Michael John Trotta holds a clinic with the Sheboygan Area Lutheran High School Choir, which is directed by Concordia University Wisconsin (CUW) alum Matthew Thiel. (CUW) Note: The following...
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Soldiers of the Cross—Amplified grants aid rostered and non-rostered church...
(LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) By Cheryl Magness The coronavirus pandemic and its associated shutdown have led to unexpected and serious challenges for people around the world. Church workers are no...
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June/July ‘Witness’: Walking by faith during COVID-19
(LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) “We walk by faith, and not by sight,” St. Paul declared to the Corinthians, and so we, too, have walked over the last few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The June/July issue of...
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Campus clips – Coronavirus, commencements and more
The Concordia College New York (CCNY) Community Choir rehearses in CCNY’s Sommer Center for Worship and the Performing Arts. (CCNY) Helping those in need Concordia University, Irvine, Calif., and the...
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Racism and the church: A time to listen
©2020 LCMS. Illustrator: Edward Riojas Compiled by Pamela Nielsen and Stacey Egger A policeman who was called to protect his city during a riot. A pastor who brought the Lord’s Prayer into the midst of...
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‘Sent to Serve’: New ‘Chapel Talks’ resource now available
(LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) LCMS School Ministry has released this year’s “Chapel Talks for Lutheran Schools,” an annual resource provided for Lutheran schools to use as an outline for weekly school...
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CTCR releases Addendum to ‘Communion and Covid-19’ opinion
(LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) On March 20, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) unanimously endorsed “Communion and Covid-19” (CC19), an opinion on...
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LCMS Locator has new look, features
(LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) Found at the top of the Synod’s home page at lcms.org, or at locator.lcms.org, the LCMS Locator is intended primarily to connect people to local ministries. The previous version...
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Shutdowns offer LCMS schools new opportunities to serve
The Lutheran High School (LHS) of St. Charles County, Mo., Roboteers presented Emmaus Home, an agency providing 24-hour residential support to adults with developmental disabilities, with 750 face...
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