Category: National News

September 4, 2015

Oromo Christians hold international conference in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG – Downtown Winnipeg was buzzing July 24-26 as Lutheran Church of the Redeemer played host to the 20th annual international Conference of United Oromo Evangelical Churches (UOEC). The event brought together delegates not only from across Canada and the United States, but also from…

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September 3, 2015

Update on the ABC District Situation – September 3, 2015

The Alberta-British Columbia (ABC) District group had their most recent court date on August 28, at which time the Court approved an extension of the Stay of Proceedings until October 30, 2015. By that time, the court-appointed Monitor, Deloitte Restructuring Inc., anticipates the District will…

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August 31, 2015

Technical error in July/August 2015 issue of The Canadian Lutheran

CANADA – An image layering problem resulted in the province of Quebec being unintentionally hidden from view in a map on page five of the print edition of the July/August 2015 issue of The Canadian Lutheran. We apologize for the error and any offense it…

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August 27, 2015

Tapestry: Touching Hearts and Minds

CANADA -Earlier this year, Tapestry, the magazine for women of Lutheran Church–Canada published by Lutheran Women’s Missionary League–Canada received another award from the Canadian Church Press (CCP). Judy Grande’s article in the spring 2014 issue entitled, “Just a small thing… but it made all the difference”…

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August 21, 2015

Correction to 2014 National Convention Proceedings

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada has issued a correction to the Proceedings of the 2014 National Convention. The original version of the proceedings writes on page 52 that Resolution 14.3.06a “To Decline Overture 3.07 (To Permit Rostered Workers to Nominate Circuit Counsellors)” was adopted. This is…

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July 24, 2015

Women of LCC plan for the future, LWMLC President Barta reelected

WATERLOO, Ontario – Mission, service and fellowship are the elements Lutheran women consider key in an organization. How do you keep and increase those elements while making major revisions to how you are organized with the intent to free up resources, time and finances to…

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