The Houston native who led the second-largest Lutheran denomination in the country for nearly a decade was defeated in his reelection bid at the church's triennial convention this week in downtown ...

A Polish archbishop said Thursday one difficulty of synodality lies in distinguishing pastoral practice — which can be adapted to different cultural circumstances — from Church doctrine. “In doctrine, ...

ST. LOUIS -- The president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod won a second term Sunday after he called on church members to put behind them a disagreement over a prayer offered at New York's Yankee ...

The 1,360 schools run by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod constitute the nation’s second largest parochial system, and the church has lately been wondering about how effectively it provides ...