Dear Members and Friends of the ELS: We are deeply saddened to announce the sudden death of ELS President John Moldstad on January 29, 2021. However, we are confident that as a believer in the Lord Jesus, his soul was lovingly taken home to heaven by his Savior God. Please pray for his wife, Joslyn, […]

Here is an update on the situation for Hope Lutheran Church in Leander, Texas. This is an area that can go for years without anything resembling a winter weather event. There are few snowplows, insignificant supplies of road salt and sand, and most houses are built for hot weather and have uninsulated pipes. In recent […]

Dear Members and Friends of the ELS: Fifty years ago, the sainted Prof. Milton Otto, Dean of our seminary, wrote in his convention report: “There is just one more thing we would ask of our people—continue to be on the lookout for gifted young men who might be persuaded to devote their lives to serving […]

Dear Members and Friends of the ELS: We do not shake hands like we did a year ago. But parents, of course, still guide their children by taking the hand. As we enter into the 2021 calendar, we too like little children want and need the hands that count–the hands of God that guide and […]