Fire damages Richmond, Va., church
A two-alarm fire that broke out about 5:15 p.m. Easter day (April 20) at Trinity Lutheran Church, Richmond, Va., caused limited destruction but significant smoke and water damage. No injuries were...
View ArticleProviding Bread and the Bread of Life
(Photos courtesy of Concordia Lutheran Church; Triangle, Va.) by Melanie Ave Concordia Lutheran Church in Triangle, Va., has a small and largely aging population. It’s located in a poor neighborhood in...
View ArticleFirst Hispanic congregation chartered in Southeastern District
By Megan K. Mertz Despite the snow, ice and below-zero wind chill, about 150 people gathered at a middle school in Woodbridge, Va., for the Feb. 15 chartering service of Iglesia Luterana Nueva Vida....
View ArticleIn Baltimore: ‘sharing Gospel in middle of pain’
By Paula Schlueter Ross (paula.ross@lcms.org) Seven LCMS pastors — all wearing their clergy collars — joined 10 fellow members of the Synod’s Southeastern District and some 5,000 Baltimore residents...
View ArticleSoutheastern District re-elects Denninger president
The Rev. Dr. John R. Denninger of Springfield, Va., was elected to his second term as president of the LCMS Southeastern District (SED) on the first ballot by delegates to the district’s 37th Regular...
View ArticleSynod pastors call for prayer after Charleston killings
Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, Southeastern District President Rev. Dr. John R. Denninger and an LCMS pastor in Charleston, S.C., called for prayers after the June 17 killings of nine...
View ArticleLCMS Disaster Response helps amid Southeastern after-flood
By Roger Drinnon As a surge of after-flood waters from the recent deluge in South Carolina comes down the mountains and moves out to sea, LCMS Disaster Response is helping the LCMS Southeastern...
View ArticleLCMS disaster assessment begins
The massive amount of rain has burst dams and blocked roads. Pastors Denninger and Meyer discuss the differences between this disaster and Hurricane Hugo as they determine how to best serve the needs...
View ArticleKFUO Audio: Interview recap of March for Life, Walk for Life West Coast
KFUO Radio host Andy Bates talks with Katie Schuermann, Tracy Quaethem, Peter Slayton and Rev. Marcus Zill to discuss the recent March for Life in Washington, D.C., and the Walk for Life West Coast...
View ArticleDisaster responders visit areas hit hardest by hurricane to further aid efforts
On Oct. 7, a woman carries her daughter as she walks through wreckage caused by Hurricane Matthew in Jeremie, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) By Roger Drinnon Synod disaster responders have deployed...
View ArticleVideo: Hurricane Matthew Update
LCMS disaster-relief responders and Southeastern District leaders assess the flooding damage and danger in the Carolinas. You can help: Give — Support disaster relief and recovery Learn more: Reporter...
View ArticleVideo: Harrison gives overview of hurricane response
LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison pauses during the International Lutheran Council’s World Seminaries Conference in Germany to give an overview of the Synod’s response to Hurricane Matthew,...
View ArticleVisits help disaster responders plan further aid for Hurricane Matthew victims
A young woman walks to the water well amid fallen debris from Hurricane Matthew in the entranceway to First Lutheran Church of Les Cayes in Haiti, Oct. 11. LCMS Disaster Response is working to provide...
View ArticlePhoto essay: Devastation of Hurricane Matthew from the Caribbean to the...
Many homes on Haiti’s southern peninsula are without roofs while others are in shambles in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. LCMS Disaster Response is working to provide tin roofs for some 50 area pastors...
View ArticleSmith joins Mission Central staff
Gary Thies, left, and the Rev. Dr. Brent Smith The Rev. Dr. Brent Smith of Alexandria, Va., started serving Nov. 1 as mission development counselor at Mission Central in Mapleton, Iowa. Smith will be...
View ArticleCaring Lutherans bring Christ’s mercy in year of distressing disasters
A home affected by August flooding is shrouded behind a curb full of debris Sept. 13 in Baton Rouge, La. More than 600 volunteers at Camp Restore—Baton Rouge, a ministry established with a grant from...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: Liberty Conference and the Great Mustache Shave-Off
The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, joins a group photograph during the 2017 National LCMS Campus Ministry Conference on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at the...
View ArticleFire damages Richmond, Va., church
A two-alarm fire that broke out about 5:15 p.m. Easter day (April 20) at Trinity Lutheran Church, Richmond, Va., caused limited destruction but significant smoke and water damage. No injuries were...
View ArticleProviding Bread and the Bread of Life
(Photos courtesy of Concordia Lutheran Church; Triangle, Va.) by Melanie Ave Concordia Lutheran Church in Triangle, Va., has a small and largely aging population. It’s located in a poor neighborhood in...
View ArticleFirst Hispanic congregation chartered in Southeastern District
By Megan K. Mertz Despite the snow, ice and below-zero wind chill, about 150 people gathered at a middle school in Woodbridge, Va., for the Feb. 15 chartering service of Iglesia Luterana Nueva Vida....
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