All posts tagged 2017
Christ Alone, Christ Forever
by Robert Bugbee The 500th Anniversary Year of Luther’s Reformation is here. If you’re like me, you remember Reformation Sundays when preachers, articles, and bulletin covers recounted what were called the three “solas” of the Reformation: sola gratia (by grace alone), sola fide (by faith…
Christ Alone, Christ Forever: 2017 Synodical Convention
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) will hold its eleventh synodical convention October 13-16, 2017 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Kitchener, Ontario. The theme for this year’s synodical convention is “Christ Alone, Christ Forever,” words which tie the event to 2017’s commemoration of the 500th…
2017 World Watch List ranks most dangerous countries for Christians
WORLD – Open Doors, an international ministry that attends to the needs of persecuted Christians has published the latest edition of its World Watch List, which ranks the 50 countries where being a believer in Jesus Christ is most dangerous. North Korea remains at the…
Book of Concord available again in French
CANADA – For the first 400 years after its publication, the complete Book of Concord was unavailable in French. Finally in 1980 it was released not by or even necessarily for the Lutheran Church, but primarily as a document of academic and historical interest under…
Luther 2017: In the Beginning was the Word / Au commencement était la parole
MONTREAL – The Canadian Bible Society of Montreal in collaboration with Lutheran Church–Canada presents a series of Reformation themed events. Throughout the year, talks will include: February 16, 2017 – David Somers: Luther and Biblical Translation May 18, 2017 – Jonathan Widell: Education June 15,…
World Seminaries Conference meets in Wittenberg
GERMANY – From October 11-13, the International Lutheran Council (ILC) held its Sixth World Seminaries Conference. Taking place in Wittenberg, Germany, the conference saw representatives from more than 30 ILC churches attend, with nearly 30 additional guests present representing other church bodies. Canadian participants included Rev. Dr….
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