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The state of Quebec Lutheranism
by James Morgan The political relationship between Quebec and the rest of Canada has often been a difficult one, with nationalist groups at various times asserting the province’s linguistic and cultural distinctiveness. The recent victory of the Parti Quebecois in the September provincial election will…
Provincial project presents the face of Lutheranism in Quebec
by David Somers MONTREAL, Quebec – L’Église évangéilque luthérienne de l’Ascension was selected by a government cultural heritage project to represent the Lutheran Church in an effort to increase public awareness of religious diversity in Quebec. In collaboration with Université Laval and the Ministère de…
The missionary Luther
by Glenn Schaeffer “A current joke has to do with a new Martin Luther doll,” writes John Warwick Montgomery almost 40 years ago. “You wind it up and it just ‘stands there!” Montgomery asks, “Did Luther just stand there—at Wittenberg, at Leipzig, at Worms, at…
Concordia Lutheran Seminary offers $16,000 in entrance scholarships
EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary has announced the school will award four one-time entrance scholarships totaling $16,000 for first-year students beginning pastoral studies. “Do you know of someone who is planning to study at Concordia Lutheran Seminary to prepare to become a pastor?” a release…
Do Lutherans read the Bible?
ONLINE – The Discipleship Task Force Committee of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) asks LCC members to take its survey on Bible reading. The purpose of the survey is to paint a broad picture of individual and group Bible study in LCC congregations, identify obstacles to daily…
Martin Luther: Sinner/Saint
by Mathew Block Occasionally when sharing my faith with others, I will be met with the reply: “You’re a Lutheran? But don’t you know the terrible things that Martin Luther did?” More often than not, these people are referring to Luther’s treatise On the Jews…
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