Category: Mission News

April 11, 2023

Evangelist commissioned to Niagara area

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – On Sunday, September 11, 2022, Poya Zamani was commissioned and installed as a Lutheran Church–Canada evangelist to the Muslim population in the Niagara area of Ontario.  Poya’s gifts for compassionate conversation and fearless faith were seen in action shortly after his…

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February 23, 2023

Confessional Liturgical Institute in French—the first of its kind!

What is the ILLF? L’Institut liturgique luthérien francophone (The Francophone Lutheran Liturgical Institute – ILLF) provides support in the French language to those responsible for teaching, researching, and carrying out pastoral work in areas pertaining to Lutheran liturgy. The ILLF equips pastors and church workers with a…

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December 20, 2022

LCC-SELCU Missions during the war in Ukraine

UKRAINE – As of November 24, 2022 the people of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have raised a total of $649,317.56 for the Ukraine Relief Aid Fund. The following update is provided by Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy, LCC’s Missionary-at-Large in the Ukraine concerning our partner church the Synod of…

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November 23, 2022

First Lutheran Church welcomes refugees from Iraq

You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. — Leviticus 19:34 WINDSOR, Ont. – Tomas, Mehasin, and…

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November 9, 2022

CLMS President Paddles for Missions

EDMONTON – At the recent LCC Synod Convention in Edmonton the president of Concordia Lutheran Mission Society (CLMS), Rev. Mark Lobitz, jumped on board and began paddling! This was at the amazing mission event on Sunday evening.   Boats and fishing are common images in…

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October 25, 2022

The role of a Missionary-at-Large

QUEBEC – On Sunday, September 25, 2022, Rev. Walta Clercius was installed as Assistant Missionary-at-Large (MAL) for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s French Ministries. The installation services was held at l’Église luthérienne de la Sainte Trinité (Québec City). Pastor Clercius served as a pastor of l’Église luthérienne…

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