UPDATE: In the Most Important Synodical President Election in a Generation, LCMS Secretary’s Office Struggles Again: Pastors from 6 Districts Report No 3rd Round Voting Emails Received

China is Throwing Christians in Jail; This Pastor Refuses to Back Down & His Defiant Faith is Still Rousing Believers

In 2-1 Ruling, US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court Dismissal of LCMS v. Concordia University Texas Lawsuit; Remands Case to US District Court for Further Proceedings

US Department of Justice Releases Report Detailing Anti-Christian Bias Under Biden; Acting Attorney General Calls It Pattern of “Devastation” of Christians

What is the Price of an LCMS Beacon of the Gospel (Concordia University Ann Arbor)? $60 Million & a Politically Worded Press Release

LCMS Rev. Chad Ingle, Pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Ozark, AL, Attends White Supremacist Conference; Church Hosts Monthly Neo-Nazi Group Meetings

Judge Rules United Methodist Church Denomination Does Not Own, Has No Claim To, Property of Breakaway Church; Are There Implications for the LCMS v. Concordia University Texas Lawsuit? Congregations Leaving the LCMS?

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Indicted for Defrauding Donors, Allegedly Giving $3 Million to Leaders of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) & Other Extremist Groups

Biden CIA Listed Now-Retracted “Motherhood & Homemaking” in Report About Violent Extremism in Yet Another Weaponization of Federal Government

Hindu Nationalism? India’s Increasingly Anti-Christian Policy Stance as It Moves Away from a Secular Government is Dangerous Locally, Globally

LCMS Synodical Task Force on Electoral Circuit Parameters Issued; Proposal Reduces Number of Circuit Congregations, Removes Confirmed Membership Caps; Further Diminishes Voices of Larger & Growing Congregations, Disenfranchises People in the Pews

Truth & Light Media Newsletter – April 14, 2026