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Joy over continued growth in the Cambodian church
CAMBODIA – Leaders of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) visited Cambodia March 5-8 to strengthen LCC’s relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia (ELCC), rejoicing over the continued growth and maturing of the young church body. LCC President Robert Bugbee and synodical mission director Leonardo Neitzel…
The Martyrs’ Message
by Mathew Block On February 15, Christians around the world shuddered as news of the Islamic State’s most recent atrocity was publicized. The terrorist organization released a video that day in which they beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians en masse. “Their only words were ‘Jesus,…
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…
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…
“Pastor, get down to the church! It is on fire!”
ENGLAND – On January 17, 2015, the parish hall of St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church in Sunderland, England, was vandalized and set on fire. The fire destroyed the parish hall. The remainder of the building, including the sanctuary itself—altar, paraments, hymnals, organ, and so forth—are covered in…
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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