The South Dakota Synod has been receiving updated information from our neighbors in the Gulf Coast Synod regarding the disaster response in the Baton Rouge, LA area. As you may know, last week [...]
The 2016 ELCA Churchwide Assembly concluded on August 13, 2016. At the Churchwide Assembly, many updates are made to the legislation of the ELCA. Click here to download a PDF of the updates that [...]
We are thrilled to share that the ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM) program has called 87 young adults into service, beginning in August. Among these 87 newly appointed YAGM, six of them [...]
There is a new overtime rule that will become effective December 1, 2016. If your congregation has workers paid less than $47,476 per year or work more than 40 hours per week, the new rule will [...]
Dr. Solofo sends us pictures of a new echocardiography machine and fetal dopplers for delivery and prenatal care received at the hospital in Garoua Boulai. Check out the pictures on the Synod [...]
Please join us in praying for Gary Nesdahl who is hospitalized with pneumonia and complications related to cancer. Gary is the husband of Bishop Emirita Andrea DeGroot-Nesdahl.
After a long time of recruting for our South Dakota Synod Missionary serving with the Lutheran Church of Faith & Hope of Nicaragua (ILFE by its acronym in Spanish) we are delighted to [...]
The Answer the Call campaign of the South Dakota Synod has officially come to an end. All gifts made to Answer the Call will continue to be honored as designated. All undesignated gifts and [...]
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, On Sunday morning we awoke to the shocking news that yet another individual had deployed high-powered weapons in a mass shooting that claimed the lives of 49 [...]
Answering the WHY of Church on the Street by Rebel Hurd Whether we are out on the streets, visiting with a congregation or at a meeting of people who gather to discuss services that are already [...]