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Our beloved family… in Australia and around the world!
by Robert Bugbee It helps me to think of our synod as a family. It’s a long way from Dartmouth in the east to Port Alberni in the west, a long way from Kingsville in the south to places like LaRonge and the Peace River…
Interview: President Michael Semmler of the Lutheran Church of Australia
President Michael Semmler of the Lutheran Church of Australia has been in Canada over the past few weeks for the triennial convention of the International Lutheran Council as well as for a week of meetings between the Lutheran Church of Australia’s (LCA) College of Presidents…
Australian and Canadian church leaders meet
SURREY, British Columbia – National and district leaders of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) and Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) began a week of meetings September 24 to deepen the relationship between the two churches, and to explore potential new areas of cooperation. “This is actually…
Bishop Voigt elected Chairman of the International Lutheran Council
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – On September 20, the International Lutheran Council (ILC) elected its officers for the new triennium, with Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt of the Independent Lutheran Church in Germany elected to serve as Chairman of the ILC. “It was a very hard decision to…
ILC remembers Lutheran leader
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) remembered today Rev. Dr. Karl Wengenroth, a former representative to the International Lutheran Conference (a group that would eventually become the ILC). Dr. Wengenroth was a retired Propst (regional vice-president) of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church…
ILC welcomes new member church
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – On the afternoon of Monday, September 17, the International Lutheran Council (ILC) passed a resolution to accept the Lutheran Ministerium and Synod–USA (LMS–USA) as a member of the ILC. “The ILC is the most important body of confessional Lutheran fellowship today,”…
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