Category: Mission News

March 16, 2015

Canadian Lutherans participate in Nicaraguan outreach

NICARAGUA – From January 10-17, twenty-six members of a number of Ontario congregations took part in a short-term mission trip to Nicaragua. Participants stayed in Leon, and came from Redeemer Lutheran (Waterloo), St. Paul’s Lutheran (Elmira), Pilgrim Lutheran (Hamilton), Christ our King Lutheran (Mississauga), Grace…

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March 11, 2015

New French resources from LHM

ONLINE – Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) – Canada has announced the publication of two new French titles in LHM’s popular booklet series: Les raisons de croire (“Reasons to Believe”) and Se libérer des chaînes de la culpabilité (“Unlocking the Prison of Guilt”). In addition to…

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February 20, 2015

New church workers for Nicaragua

NICARAGUA – January 25 was a day of great celebration for the Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua (ILSN – Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua). That Sunday, eleven pastors were ordained and nine deaconesses were consecrated for service to the church. The new graduating class nearly…

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February 6, 2015

Haiti Lutheran Mission Society reports growth in Haiti

HAITI – Twenty years ago, l’Eglise Lutherienne d’Haiti (the Lutheran Church of Haiti, LCH) was born. Since that time, the Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) of Canada has helped support Lutheran ministry in Haiti by helping to fund pastoral salaries, as well as by supplying…

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January 30, 2015

Malabar Mission Society reports on 2014 outreach success in India

INDIA – In its Winter 2014 newsletter, the Malabar Mission Society (MMS) reports a number of ministry successes in 2014, as the agency supports Lutheran outreach in India through the work of the Malabar Mission Circle (MMC). “In all my annual visits to India I…

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December 16, 2014

HLMS sends aid shipment to Haiti

by James Morgan HAITI – Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS)—Canada continues to prove a lot of things and a lot of love can fit into a 40 foot long shipping container. Approximately 40,000 lbs. worth! HLMS has sent its fall 2014 shipment of items to…

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