Category: Mission News
Pastoral Training in Haiti through HLMS
by Wally Bogusat and Harold Ristau The Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) has recently struggled with the following question: “How much time, energy and money should be devoted to physical needs of Haitians versus the spiritual needs?” In the past, HLMS has tended to focus…
Anyuak pastor installed in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG – On June 22, 2019, Rev. Oboya Ochalla was ordained and installed as Assistant Pastor of St. James Lutheran Church in Winnipeg where he will focus on outreach to the Anyuak and Amharic communities. “It’s a joy to be ordained into the pastoral ministry,”…
2019 LWMLC Laurentian District convention
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Christ Lutheran Church (Petawawa) hosted the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League–Canada (LWMLC) Laurentian District Convention on April 26-27, 2019. The weekend theme “What’s the Problem – God’s Answers to Life’s Problems” was based on Exodus 14:15: “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Why…
Founder of Lutheran missions in Mozambique passes on to glory; the church he helped create is growing by leaps and bounds
CANADA – Rev. Joseph Khembo Alfazema, the father of confessional Lutheran missions in Mozambique and a pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), passed on to glory on May 11, 2019 in Edmonton, Alberta. A funeral service for Rev. Alfazema was held on Saturday, May 18, 2019…
HLMS ships last container for Haiti
St. Catharines, Ontario — After 14 years we have stopped shipping containers of goods to Haiti. The reasons are increasing ridiculously high import duties by the Haitian government, fewer available funds, and volunteers are getting ever older. By far the main reason is the duties…
Interim Canadian Missions Executive Appointed
WINNIPEG, MB – Lutheran Church-Canada’s International Missions Executive, Rev. M.L. Smith has been appointed by LCC’s Board of Directors to serve as Interim Assistant to the President for Domestic Missions. Along with his duties as the International Missions Executive, Rev. Smith will serve in this…