Philip Melanchthon, through his own vacillations on certain doctrines and his irenic spirit that ended up seeking peace at the expense of the truth. It would not be his enemies, however, who would heal these wounds, but his students.
Each month, LCMS’ Stewardship Ministry creates bulletin sentences and newsletter articles that can be included in congregational church bulletins and monthly newsletters, respectively.
The purpose of the five-session study is to explore how members of the body of Christ demonstrate love and compassion to people in need as an expression of faith.
Lent is approaching - a time for reflection, repentance, and faith. The following is the Stewardship Thought for Ash Wednesday – you can download Stewardship Thoughts for every week of…
Read the first edition of RSO News Update, a new quarterly newsletter for LCMS Recognized Service Organizations. With each issue, we’ll joyfully strive to make this a meaningful resource filled with your stories, programs, best practices and church resources.
Technology provides churches with a vast array of resources that, when used with deliberate care, can extend limited instruction time into the home and directly to the hands of students and families. In today's tech driven world, consider how technology can expand the teaching of God’s Word into digital spaces.
The February 2016 issue of Reaching Rural America for Christ provides helpful suggestions for building, strengthening and supporting church choirs in rural and small-town congregations.
In our focus on Jesus’ salvific works, we must always remember that the heart of the person and work of the Messiah stands the incarnation.
It is a worthy practice to devote time during the season of Lent to meditate extensively upon the Passion of our Lord. The following suggestions are framed around the reading of the Passion according to St. Luke, combined with an Old Testament reading emphasis upon God’s vindication of “the innocent sufferer.”
LCMS Worship offers the following as brief table devotions during the Lenten season.
When a disaster hits your own town, your life is turned upside down in a tailspin of events. This is exactly what happened to me.
KFUO Radio host Andy Bates talks with Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Chaplain Craig Muehler about worship for those serving in the military.
This film will enlighten the Church to Dr. Rosa J. Young’s remarkable history as a pioneer Lutheran educator and missionary.
Among his many contributions to the church, Luther also transformed and ennobled the German language through his translation of the Bible.
Though the term “adiaphora” can sometimes bring heated discussion, the two extremes can be answered with true Lutheran joy.