ST. LOUIS – The president of a conservative Lutheran group is apologizing for his handling of a conflict within the denomination over a Newtown, Conn., pastor's participation in an interfaith prayer ...

Matthew Becker had raised questions about the denomination’s stance against the ordination of women, as well as its teaching of creationism, or the literal reading of the story of creation in the book ...

The Rev. Matthew Harrison, president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod ST. LOUIS • A decision by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to sever any official relationship with the Boy Scouts appears ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --For the first time, more than 20,000 teenagers from around the world are in Minneapolis for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Youth Gathering. From the food to the fun to the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Rev. Matthew Harrison, after being elected to a second term as president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, listens to ...

New Orleans & Company, the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, the Caesars Superdome and hospitality partners are preparing to welcome more than 20,000 participants for the Lutheran Church — Missouri ...

The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod resumes distribution of new annotated volume after detractors push back on essays. The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) has resumed distributing its new ...

Matthew Becker, 52, an outspoken pastor and professor of theology, has been ousted from the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. He remains on the faculty at Valparaiso University, an independent Lutheran ...

The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the St. Louis-based organization with 6,200 congregations in the U.S. and Canada, will honor a decision by the Boy Scouts of America to allow gay members, but with ...

ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, incorporated on 17 Mar. 1847, helped launch 5 other Lutheran churches of the Missouri Synod in Cleveland. It began on 14 Apr. 1843 when 45 communicants from another ...

ST. LOUIS — The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod recently carried out what various members consider the equivalent of a modern-day heresy conviction. The case pitted two-term denomination President ...