All posts tagged LCC

June 5, 2013

Lutheran Church–Canada and the 2011 National Household Survey

NOTE: The Canadian Lutheran reported in May the new numbers on religious affiliation in Canada. Now Ian Adnams explains what they mean for Lutheran Church–Canada. by Ian Adnams The release in May of the National Household Survey (NHS) data from Statistics Canada on the country’s…

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June 3, 2013

An affirmation of marriage

DALLAS, Texas – In May, representatives of the Anglican Church in North America, Lutheran Church–Canada, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and the North American Lutheran Church held a summit on biblical marriage and sexuality. The results of that summit was the joint “Affirmation of Marriage” which…

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May 31, 2013

“Here am I. Send me!”

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – President Robert Bugbee of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) was present for Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary’s Call Service this year, serving as guest preacher. His text was Isaiah 6:1-8, and he urged the students to answer as the prophet did, with a solemn…

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May 15, 2013

Reach out Canada: The countdown is on!

WINNIPEG – In a little more than six weeks hundreds of LCC Lutherans will gather for Lutheran Church—Canada’s first-ever national evangelism conference: Reach Out Canada (July 5-7 at the Canad Inns Destination Centre – Fort Gary in Winnipeg). Reach Out Canada is designed to help…

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May 9, 2013

Anglicans and Lutherans hold summit on biblical marriage and sexuality

UPDATE: The joint “Affirmation on marriage,” signed by participants at the summit and by the heads of all four church bodies, click here. DALLAS, Texas – A landmark ecumenical summit took place May 3-5, 2013 at Church of the Holy Communion in, Dallas, Texas. The…

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April 19, 2013

Ministry as Curiosity conference

GUELPH, Ontario – Lutheran Church–Canada’s Committee for the Care of Church Workers and their Families is sponsoring a “Ministry as Curiosity” conference June 18-20 at Guelph Bible Conference Centre. “Traditions, values, and even institutions that were the mainstays of life are shifting,” writes Rev. David…

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