Category: International News

January 20, 2020

LCC, LCMS, and NALC continue dialogue

  USA – Representatives of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), and the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) met for the latest round in their ongoing dialogue November 11-12, 2019 in Columbus Ohio. The November meetings were hosted by the North American Lutheran…

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November 14, 2019

Confessional Lutherans and Anglicans take talks global

GERMANY – The latest round of dialogue between the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) took place in Wittenberg, Germany from October 28-November 2, 2019, welcoming the representatives of several European churches to the discussions for…

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November 8, 2019

An Outsider Visits a Lutheran Church…

ONLINE – What happens when an outsider visits a Lutheran church? That’s the subject of a new video by Matt Whitman of The Ten Minute Bible Hour which is racking up the views on YouTube. Whitman visited St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamel, Illinois, a…

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October 24, 2019

Lutherans in Ukraine hold convention, reelect Bishop Yurchenko

by Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy UKRAINE – From September 30-October 2, the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU) held its annual convention. A total of 15 congregations, five mission stations, four social ministries, and the Odessa Theological Seminary were represented by 12 pastors and…

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September 18, 2019

CPH celebrates 150 years

USA – Concordia Publishing House (CPH), the publishing house of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, celebrated its 150th anniversary on September 11, 2019. “We are one of the top Christian publishing houses in the world and the largest Lutheran publishing house in the world,” noted Dr….

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September 10, 2019

LCC meeting with Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome

ROME – Rev. Nolan Astley, Senior Pastor at Holy Cross (Kitchener, Ontario) and former First Vice-President of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), recently visited Rome for meetings with the Roman Catholic Church’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) on August 21, 2019. The meetings were an…

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