Welcome Media Kit
This “Welcome” media kit is designed to help pastors and congregations welcome their members and those in the wider community to come to church each Sunday and receive, through Word and Sacrament, the life that only Jesus can give.
Hymn of the Day studies – ‘The Word in Song’
LCMS Worship provides Hymn of the Day studies for the Lutheran Service Book to use with the Three-Year Lectionary and One-Year Lectionary.
Advent and Christmas media kit — Behold
Advertise your Advent and Christmas services by using these free, customizable resources.
Advent and Christmas media kit — Christ Came For You
Advertise your Advent and Christmas services by using these free, customizable resources.
Holy Week and Easter media kit — This is love
Advertise your Lent and Easter services by using these free, customizable resources.
LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations – Reports, evaluations, and opinions
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) document library includes reports, evaluations, and opinions.
LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission: ‘Caring for the Homeless with the Theology of the Cross’
The Biblical Charities Continuing Education, which promotes applied mercy-education in connection with the LCMS, sponsored a roundtable discussion on “Caring for the Homeless with the Theology of the Cross.”
‘What About?’ pamphlets
“What About?” is a series of 27 pamphlets written by Rev. Dr. A.L. Barry, former president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
Church art photo gallery
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod presents a searchable church art gallery with hundreds of photographs that display our Synod’s rich visual heritage.
Preach the Word – Module 9 – Preaching in a Post-Christian World – Rev. Dr. Gregory P. Seltz
Communicating the Gospel to our post-Christian culture, by keeping in mind the question, "What are my people actually hearing me say?"
PALS Study Topics – Faith to Follow: Transition from the Call to the Church
This PALS course will address the journey of a Pastor's wife from the beginning days of seminary through the first year in the parish.
Life Sunday – ‘Worship Resources for Life Ministry’
Worship resources are available to help plan your congregation’s observance of the Sanctity of Human Life.
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.
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.
Preach the Word – Module 8 – Law and Gospel – Rev. Dr. Steven Mueller
Learn an approach to preaching Law and Gospel in fresh ways each week, by anchoring that proclamation in the themes, metaphors and images of the text.