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LCMS World Relief and Human Care – September 2020 ‘Sharing’ newsletter

The church continues to share the Gospel and show mercy, even during unsettling times.

Tips for English Conversation Partners

The LCMS Office of International Mission has been partnering with our missionaries to provide volunteer support to ongoing English-based outreach efforts. These tips are based on one missionary’s experience hosting an online conversation group, but most can be applied in any English conversation partner setting.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘Religious Freedom in Our PC Culture’

Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Rev. Dr. Greg Seltz presents on “Religious Freedom in Our PC Culture.”

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – August 2020 newsletter

LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses how teaching history and stewardship are occasions for repentance and rejoicing.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – July 2020 newsletter

LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses how the first half of 2020 has been both the best of times and the worst of times.

LCMS World Relief and Human Care – July 2020 ‘Sharing’ newsletter

Lutherans continue to share the Gospel and serve others despite the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic.

‘Free to be Faithful’ – Summer 2020 newsletter

Read about two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, Navy restrictions due to COVID-19, and how to engage in public discourse with faith and love.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘Ministry with People With Disabilities’

Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Deaconess Kimberly Trombley of Bethesda Ministries presents a free webinar titled “Ministry with People With Disabilities.”

LCMS Black Ministry – Summer 2020 newsletter

The LCMS Black Ministry newsletter highlights how pastors and church workers are finding creative ways to share God's Word with their congregations and communities.

Emotions and the Church

One thing that happens because we are a church body that highly values thinking and learning is that we talk less about our emotions.

LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces – Third Quarter 2020 newsletter

The LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces newsletter reminds readers that Jesus paid the price for our redemption to free us from sin, and, through this selfless act, He removed God’s wrath from us.

The Church — Praying

Prayer is the sign that the church is still breathing, however labored that breath may be. The cross leads us to despair of everything — save Christ!

CTCR opinion and addendum – ‘Communion and COVID-19’

The LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations wrote an addendum and summary to reaffirm its March 20, 2020, opinion on “Communion and COVID-19” about online home Communion.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘Domestic Violence and Its Impact on Ministry’

Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Deaconess Dr. Kim Schave presents a free webinar titled “Domestic Violence and Its Impact on Ministry.”

CTCR report – Human beings as gifts of God

Racism grounds the identity and security of human life not in the God who alone is our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier, but in self. Racism is a sin against the First Commandment because it fails to receive other human beings as gifts from God.