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March 1 is order deadline for ‘Armed Forces Sunday’ 15 Feb 2013 | 02:39 am
LCMS congregations with email addresses should have received an email in late January from the Synod’s Ministry to the Armed Forces regarding “Armed Forces Sunday” on May 19. The email is intended to ...
Mission publication ‘Missio Apostolica’ available for free download 28 Jan 2013 | 11:31 am
The latest issue of Missio Apostolica, the journal of the Lutheran Society for Missiology, is available as a PDF for free downloading. The publication is published twice a year, typically in May and N...
Birner accepts post at Concordia Wisconsin 25 Jan 2013 | 08:15 pm
The Rev. Dr. David Birner, a longtime LCMS missionary and mission executive, plans to begin work Feb. 18 as executive director of International Education at Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wis...
Missionaries, children welcome retreat with others ‘who understand’ 12 Dec 2012 | 08:42 pm
Swimming in the pool. Eating yummy Thai food. Being with Dad, who travels to other countries for work. Those are some things Emma Hanson, 12-year-old daughter of LCMS career missionaries Rev. Carl and...
Disaster-response training in Asia Pacific helpful, say partner-church reps 7 Dec 2012 | 07:57 pm
“Mercy in Action” was the theme as more than 50 participants from nine countries attended the disaster-response training conference for The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s Asia Pacific region Nov. 27...
Partner News: LHM announces 2013 outreach conferences 20 Nov 2012 | 11:02 am
Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) is planning eight Regional Outreach Conferences for 2013. The conferences are designed to inspire, energize and equip attendees to share God’s love, nurture their famili...
Give thanks: Convention vote reunites Philippine partner church 19 Nov 2012 | 11:30 am
The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) — a partner church with the LCMS — is reunited, after being separated into two distinct factions for more than two decades. Reunification came Oct. 26 in a...
Congrats: Freitag to receive Silver St. Martin of Tours Medal 17 Nov 2012 | 04:29 am
Merle Freitag of Wildwood, Mo., former president of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF), has been selected to receive the Silver St. Martin of Tours Medal from the LCMS Ministry to the Armed For...
Grimenstein is director, Missionary Services 12 Nov 2012 | 10:53 pm
The Rev. Dr. Edward O. Grimenstein was installed as director, Missionary Services, for the LCMS Office of International Mission (OIM) during a Nov. 8, matins service at the Synod’s International Cente...
Golter accepts call to direct International Mission office 2 Oct 2012 | 11:30 am
The Rev. Randall L. Golter of Highlands Ranch, Colo., has accepted a call to serve as the first executive director of the LCMS Office of International Mission. He plans to begin work in the post Oct. ...
