All posts tagged 2013
2013 Missions Newsletter
ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has released its annual Mission Newsletter, highlighting its mission work around the world. “Through this newsletter, LCC’s Missions and Social Ministry Services wants to share with you some highlights from LCC’s mission work this past year,” explains Rev. Dr. Leonardo,…
A Year of Martyrs: Praying for the Persecuted Church
by Mathew Block 2013 has been a deadly year for Christians across the world. Sunday, September 22 marked the deadliest recorded attack ever on Christians in Pakistan, when two suicide bombers stuck All Saints Anglican Church in Peshawar. At least 85 people are dead, with…
Video: President Bugbee preaches at LCMS President’s Installation
ST. LOUIS, Missouri – President Robert Bugbee of Lutheran Church–Canada preached the Service of Installation for President Matthew C. Harrison of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) September 14 in St. Louis. “It’s an unexpected honour to be asked to serve our Missouri Synod friends in…
LCC’s seminaries begin new year
CANADA – Sunday, September 8 marked the opening of the new academic year for Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) two seminaries. In St. Catharines, Ontario, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) held its opening worship service the afternoon of September 8 in the seminary’s chapel, with President Thomas…
LCC brings greetings to North American Lutheran Church Convocation
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – The North American Lutheran Church (NALC) held its annual Convocation and Theological Conference August 6-9 in Pittsburgh. Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) First Vice-President Nolan Astley attended the event, bringing with him a letter from President Robert Bugbee. President Bugbee was unable to attend…
LCC twenty-five years later: Is the fire still going?
In the July 1988 issue of The Canadian Lutheran—the first issue to appear after Lutheran Church–Canada’s founding convention—Rev. Dr. Ed Lehman wrote an article entitled “Feed the Fire.” Now, twenty-five years later, we’ve asked Dr. Lehman to re-read his original article and provide a response…