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First Life Conference encourages LCMS to speak out, serve

Marking the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion for any reason, more than 240 Lutherans — adults and youth from coast to coast — gathered at the first-ever LCMS Life Conference Jan. 25-26 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel here. LCMS Life Ministries organized the Synod convention-mandated conference, [...]

Record 350-plus Lutherans join 2013 ‘March for Life’

More than 350 people from across the nation donned neon-green hats reading “March for Life with the LCMS,” braving snow and freezing temperatures for the national “March for Life” here Jan. 25. A record 500,000 are estimated to have participated in the annual march — in a line stretching from the National Mall to the [...]

Harrison defends freedoms before House committee

Photo: LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison (second from left) being sworn in before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison spoke in defense of religion and conscience before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in a Capitol Hill hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, [...]