We've collected links of general interest to Christians; links from the LCMS website, auxiliaries, and partner churches around the world; links to the websites of other Lutheran church bodies in the U.S.; and, of course, the "Old Lutheran" website! Clicking any of these links opens a new browser. Note: The inclusion of links unrelated to the LCMS is not intended to imply endorse-ment of content at these websites.
Lutheran Women's Missionary League
Lutheran
Hour
Ministries
Hour
Ministries
Concordia Publishing House
Online devotions (read or listen)
LCMS official website
Lutheran Church Extension Fund
CTSFW's magazine - online version
(print avail.)
(print avail.)
CTSFW
Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN
Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN
CSL
Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, MO
Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, MO
Concordia Historical Institute at CSL
The Lutheran Witness: official LCMS periodical (pdf)
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
General Christian Reference & Devotions (2 categories)
1. Christian news and reference sites
Ecole Initiative (encyclopedia of early Church history)
Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals (apologetics group)
2. Online Bibles and devotions
My Utmost for His Highest -devotions by Dr. Oswald Chambers
God's Yellow Pages -topical Bible reference
Bible Gateway (can also be accessed from logo at left)
Portals of Prayer Online (can also be accessed from logo above)
Daily Bible Lectionary -from For the Life of the World, can also be accessed from logo above
The LCMS & related entitites (scroll for 8 categories)
Links marked "LCMS site" may also be accessed from the LCMS home page.
1. LCMS information, beliefs, and history
LCMS site: Office of the President -includes official letters, statements
LCMS site: Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) - statements, etc.
LCMS site: Commission on Worship - includes info about Lutheran Service Book
LCMS site: Directories -congregations, schools, workers, church web sites
Project Wittenberg - the Lutheran electronic archive project
Luther's 95 Theses -"topics for discussion" that ended up changing Western history
Book of Concord online - also called the Concordia; the foundational Lutheran exposition
2. LCMS publishing and media
KFUO radio, St. Louis, MO -streaming and archives
The Lutheran Hour -nationally syndicated radio program
This Is the Life -television program from1953-1988 from Lutheran Hour Ministries
Point of Truth -televised LCMS worship services
Woman to Woman -nationally syndicated radio program from Lutheran Hour Ministries
"The Puzzle Club" -multimedia for Christian families from Lutheran Hour Ministries
Lutheran Visuals -materials from LCMS pastors and teachers
3. Lutheran Hour Ministries: selected outreach resources
Living for Tomorrow -multimedia program connecting churches with their communities
Urban Ministries - tools for congregations reaching out to diverse urban communities
U.S. Chinese Ministries web site (Chinese language site)
U.S. Hispanic Ministries web site (Spanish language site)
5. LCMS/partner schools and higher education overseas (partial list)
Sekolah Pelita Harapan, Jakarta, Indonesia -childhood ed.
Concordia International School, Shanghai -Pre-K thru 12
Concordia International School, Hong Kong -Lutheran Church, Hong Kong Synod
Westfield House at Cambridge University, England -often hosts LCMS seminarians
LCMS New Urban & Multiethnic Missions -task force study document (pdf)
Apple of His Eye -ministry to Jewish persons
LCMS Outreach Ministry -congregational resources
7. LCMS social welfare and relief
8. LCMS partner churches & overseas churches (partial list)
The LCMS is a member of the International Lutheran Council
Evangelical Lutheran Center, Kazakhstan (brochure in pdf)
Other Lutherans/Lutheran interest (scroll for 4 categories)
1. Inter-Lutheran agencies, human care
Lutheran World Relief - see also LCMS World Relief
2. Miscellaneous Lutheran interest
Luther, the movie (2003) -official site
Old Lutheran (humor, gifts, recipes, bobbleheads!)
3. Other Lutheran bodies in North America (partial list)
4. Other Lutheran-related media and publications
The Lutheran online -official periodical of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Augsburg Fortress Publishers - publishing house of the ELCA
Forward in Christ - official periodical of the Wisonsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Northwestern Publishing House - WELS publishing house
Seraphim Communications -general Christian and Lutheran-targeted resources
Grace Matters (formerly Lutheran Vespers) -ELCA radio ministry
Faith Inkubators - Lutheran education materials mostly targeting ELCA congregations