All posts tagged Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

December 19, 2025

Cornwall congregation joins LCC

CORNWALL, Ont. – St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cornwall, Ontario and its pastor, Rev. Connor Longaphie, were officially welcomed into Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) on Sunday, October 26. The joyous event was the culmination of an ongoing process to seek membership in LCC and took…

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July 8, 2025

Is LCC now the largest Lutheran church body in Canada?

by Mathew Block  As religious attendance in Canada continues to decrease, we may have reached a point where Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is now the largest Lutheran church body in Canada—if, that is, a reported massive drop in membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada…

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November 2, 2017

500th anniversary of the Reformation marked in Alberta Legislature

EDMONTON – Dr. Richard Starke, MLA for Vermilion-Lloydminster and member of First Lutheran Church, Lloydminster, made a Member’s Statement in the Alberta Legislature on October 31, 2017 to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. “Five hundred years ago today an unknown German priest in…

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February 24, 2016

LCC staff joins CLWR and ELCIC to resettle Syrian family in Winnipeg

Staff members from Lutheran Church–Canada joined with staff from Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) late Tuesday night at the Winnipeg International Airport to welcome a Syrian refugee family to Canada. The family’s arrival yesterday was a happy surprise…

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November 14, 2014

Pastor’s Desk Diary now available

CANADA – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) is again pleased to offer to the church the annual Pastor’s Desk Diary. It contains readings from the three-year and one-year lectionaries, including variants for the major Lutheran churches in Canada (Lutheran Church–Canada, Evangelical Lutheran Church…

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