Category: International News
Central American Deaconesses meet in Costa Rica
COSTA RICA – The months of January to June, 2019 were packed full of exciting preparations for a new deaconess experience in Central America: Vida en Comunidad (Life Together). This time, the Encuentro (retreat) was to be held in Cartago, Costa Rica, where participants would spend…
LCMS convention commends LCC report on cremation
USA – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) has commended a Canadian theological report on cremation for the study and discussion of its members. The decision came on July 24, 2019 during the LCMS’ 2019 synodical convention in Tampa, Florida. “Cremation and the Christian” is a…
Diaconal Coordinator for Central America appointed
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Committee for Missions and Social Ministry has appointed Dcn. Olga Groh as Diaconal Coordinator for Central America. For many years, the training of Lutheran deaconesses has been an important part of Lutheran Church–Canada’s international mission work. Deaconesses—a special class of…
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…
LCMS reelects President Matthew Harrison
USA – On June 26, 2019, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) announced that Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison has been reelected as President of the church for a fourth term. President Harrison was first elected to office in 2010, and his fourth term runs from…
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…
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