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New ‘Making Disciples for Life’ Bible studies to address wide range of topics
Stained glass at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Sanford, Fla., depicts the Holy Bible. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) By Cheryl Magness Fear. Guilt. Anger. Uncertainty. In a fallen world, these things...
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Winter ‘Engage’: Sharing the Gospel in unexpected places
(LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) A vicar teaching the church’s music in Sri Lanka. An old urban congregation reaching out to students, the deaf, the blind and the homeless while also planting a church across...
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Faith in the public square: LCMS youth starts pro-life group at her public...
Anna Young, daughter of an LCMS pastor, leads a Students for Life of America meeting at her public high school in Nashville. (Bella Ford) By Cheryl Magness At a time when biblical Christianity is under...
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Wulf to retire as Synod chief financial officer
LCMS Chief Financial Officer Jerry Wulf serves barbecue at the LCMS International Center (IC) in St. Louis on Nov. 1, 2019. Wolf, who retires on Jan. 31, earned the nickname “Chief IC Smoker” for his...
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BOD meeting in Houston includes joint session with COP
Houston skyline. (Pixabay) By David Strand In recent years, a standard feature of the fall meetings of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s (LCMS) Council of Presidents (COP) and Board of Directors...
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Puerto Rico hit by largest earthquake in 100 years
On Jan. 7, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico in the early morning hours. It is the largest earthquake to strike the island in over a century and comes amid the continuing effort to recover...
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Council of Presidents hears about seminary education, pastor shortage
The Rev. Dr. David Scaer teaches a class at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, in 2014. The current presidents of both LCMS seminaries addressed a recent meeting of the LCMS Council of...
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Obituary: Rev. Dr. Arthur W. Scherer, president emeritus of the Southeastern...
Scherer The Rev. Dr. Arthur W. Scherer, who served as president of the LCMS Southeastern District from 1997 to 2003, died on Jan. 10, 2020. He was 80. Scherer was born in Staten Island, N.Y., on Sept....
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McDaniels, Wurster honored with Christus in Mundo award
The Rev. James McDaniels (left) and the Rev. Dr. David Wurster (right) receive medals from the Rev. Robert Zagore, executive director of the LCMS Office of National Mission, in honor of their work in...
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Listen to LCMS schools sing for chapel during National Lutheran Schools Week
(LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) National Lutheran Schools Week (NLSW) is Jan. 26–Feb. 1. To mark the week, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) will be welcoming groups from St. Louis-area LCMS schools to...
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‘Making Disciples for Life’ Initial Gathering an opportunity to listen,...
Deaconess Dorothy Krans, director of LCMS Recognized Service Organizations, leads a tabletop discussion at the Making Disciples for Life Initial Gathering Jan. 10 at the LCMS International Center in...
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Campus clips – Mural with a mission
(Left to right) Concordia University, Ann Arbor (CUAA), Mich., students Allie Milot, ’21, and Charlotte Unwin, ’20, designed a mural to brighten up the CUAA student union. (CUAA) Mural with a mission...
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From the mission field – Renovations in Uruguay
The Rev. Mauro Roll (center) gives the Rev. Dan McMiller (left), executive director of the LCMS Office of National Mission, and the Rev. Gary Schulte (right), LCMS area director for West & Central...
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January ‘Lutheran Witness’ ponders grace
Grace. The word is used in various ways. We say “grace” before we eat. We describe people as “gracious” or “graceful.” We are even “graced” by someone’s presence. But above all, we are saved by grace....
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Puerto Rico disaster-response team in ‘right place at right time’ to help the...
LCMS missionaries Rev. James Neuendorf and Rev. James Sharp share Gospel comfort with people affected by the Puerto Rico earthquakes. Fear has become a constant as tremors continue to strike....
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‘Reporter’ Supplement: Global Seminary Initiative – We’re all in this together
In a supplement to the February 2020 Reporter, learn how The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Global Seminary Initiative transforms the lives and futures of LCMS partner churches and the pastors who...
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Media kit features Easter theme
LCMS Communications has created a free, downloadable congregational media kit to assist churches in reaching out to their communities during Holy Week and Easter. The kit, which features the message...
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LCMS Black Ministry: Building the kingdom
Ruby Clayton, a retired schoolteacher and member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Indianapolis, works with children in Our Savior’s after-school tutoring and mentoring program. Despite a fire that...
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Free resource summarizes LCMS youth ministry study on millennials and the church
(LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) A new, free resource from Concordia Publishing House provides a summary of the 2016 LCMS study on millennials and the church. Relationships Count: Engaging and Retaining...
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Wurst installed as volunteer manager for LCMS Disaster Response; Meyer to...
(Left to right) The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, LCMS president, installs the Rev. Robert Wurst Jr. as LERT volunteer manager and the Rev. Michael Meyer as director of disaster training during a Dec....
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