MOTTO: Man’s Sin Merits Death — God’s Grace Gives Life Already on the weekend prior to the convention itself, delegates and visitors began to arrive in the beautiful Willamette Valley of Oregon for the Fifty-first Annual Convention of the …
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The sure hope of the believer in Jesus at death as expressed so clearly in Psalm 16:11
“Praise ye the Lord” (Psalm 106:1)! “O give thanks unto the Lord” (Psalm 107:1)! “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits” (Psalm 103:2)! How we need to be reminded (II Peter 1:12-13) of the on-going …
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From Our Brethren in Russia
Pastor Roman G. Schurganoff, our dear brother in the faith, reports that his little congregation, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Yekaterinburg, now numbers about twenty-five members. However, due to extremely cramped quarters, only about half of the congregation has been …
Announce the interim appointment of Pastors Robert J. Lietz and David T. Mensing to fill the fifth year chair as co-instructors in our Concordia Theological Seminary.
Official Announcement This is to announce the interim appointment of Pastors Robert J. Lietz and David T. Mensing to fill the fifth year chair as co-instructors in our Concordia Theological Seminary. This chair was left vacant by the illness and …
In Memoriam… Pastor Paul R. Bloedel
Paul Richard Bloedel was born on October 6, 1925 in Hamlet, Indiana, to Pastor Gustav Bloedel and his wife, Clara née Jungkuntz. As an infant, he was baptized into the Christian faith by his father, who also carefully instructed him …
A Fifty Year Milestone at Lebanon, Oregon
On Friday, June 28, St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lebanon, Oregon, celebrated its fiftieth year as a congregation and the fiftieth anniversary of the Rev. M. L. Natterer as its shepherd. In a special vesper service held in its sanctuary …