The Committee on Relief has provided $12,000 in flood relief to Pakistan. Torrential flooding in Pakistan that began in late July and has continued since then has displaced as...
Peace In Jesus, Boise, Idaho, sustained severe water and smoke damage due to a fire in a neighboring building that started on Aug. 25. Although the church itself was spared...
All four of WELS' ministerial education schools are in session for the 2010-11 school year. Initial enrollment figures show increases at three of the four schools this year...
Special Ministries has established a new certification program to equip pastors who currently serve or those who wish to serve as chaplains to better meet the spiritual and...
Martin Luther College (MLC), the synod's college of ministry in New Ulm, Minn., is looking for qualified WELS members to teach online courses on an adjunct basis in its Master...
In this issue: New agency to provide relief and humanitarian aid; Flooding causes major damage; World mission seminary profressors meet; Celebrating in Thailand; Hagedorn accepts new call
Damage from flooding following heavy rains on July 22 continues to plague congregations in the Midwest. Three congregations' facilities and dozens of members' homes were...
Rev. Paul Nitz, principal at the Lutheran Bible Institute in Malawi, Africa, calls a conference held at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary last week "inspiring and practical." He...
Home Missions administrator Harold Hagedorn has accepted a part-time call to St. John, Wauwatosa, Wis. Hagedorn announced in July that he would be retiring from full-time...
Training for circuit pastors begins in earnest this week—the first round of training to take place since many districts created smaller circuits at their conventions...
Congregations across the synod are preparing for "Walking Together," an annual celebration of the work accomplished by God's grace through our church body. "The 'Walking...
Heavy rains in the Midwest have impacted WELS congregations—several in the Milwaukee area and one in Illinois. Among the congregations impacted in Milwaukee is Siloah,...
