Category: International News
LCC pastor called to serve as president of new American Lutheran college
USA – Luther Classical College (Casper, Wyoming) has called Rev. Dr. Harold Ristau, a pastor in Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), to serve as President of the recently founded school. The college—being built on the grounds of Mount Hope Lutheran Church and School—is expected to welcome its…
CHI Awards for Canadian Lutherans
USA – Concordia Historical Institute (CHI) has announced its awards for works published in 2022, and two books by Canadian Lutherans are among the recipients. Rev. Dr. John Stephenson has received an award for his 2022 translation of Wilhelm Löhe’s Aphorisms on Church and Office…
LCC President attends LCMS convention
USA – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) held its 68th synodical convention July 28– August 3 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during which time the church newly recognized or affirmed fellowship with five church bodies: the Evangelical Lutheran Church of South Sudan/Sudan (ELCSS/S); the Evangelical Lutheran Mission…
Ukrainian Seminary damaged in recent strikes
UKRAINE – The seminary of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU) in Odessa was damaged during recent missile strikes on the city. “We recently received heart wrenching news and pictures from our missionary in Ukraine, Rev. Olexsiy Navrotskyy,” noted Rev. Mark L….
German pastor reflects on Christian witness in a dictatorship
by Wilhelm Torgerson GERMANY – At the invitation of the Ursula-Schule, a Roman Catholic High School in the city of Osnabrück in northern Germany, Rev. Hartmut Bartmuss of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK) presented on his life and pastoral service under the communist regime…
LCC contributors to Festschrift honouring former ILC Chairman, Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt
INTERNATIONAL – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) has announced that its former Chairman, Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche – SELK), was honoured with a Festschrift to mark his 60th birthday. The Festschrift was presented to Bishop Voigt in…
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