All posts tagged LCC

November 19, 2015

Restructuring process moves forward; Stahlke appointed CCMS Consultant

WINNIPEG – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Commission on Constitutional Matters and Structure (CCMS) met November 16 and appointed Rev. Dr. Les Stahlke of Edmonton as its consultant for the restructuring process now unfolding in LCC. Dr. Stahlke, CEO of GovernanceMatters, has participated in similar ventures for…

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November 18, 2015

CLTS seeking award nominations

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Each May at the annual Call Service Concordia Luthern Theological Seminary has the opportunity to confer two major awards on worthy pastors or lay members of Lutheran Church–Canada. The recipient of the “Friend of the Seminary” award is nominated by the…

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November 3, 2015

LCC joins Catholics, Evangelicals, and other Canadian faith leaders in declaration on assisted suicide and euthanasia

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has signed a joint declaration on assisted suicide and euthanasia along with the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), member churches of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), and other Canadian faith leaders. LCC is an observer member of the…

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November 2, 2015

Synodical Convention Date Change

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Board of Directors has announced that the date of the 2017 Synodical Convention will be changed from June to October 2017. A final date has not yet been chosen but LCC’s Board of Directors has affirmed that they are not…

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October 23, 2015

Reforming Our Church

by Paul Schallhorn Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is about to change.This year, LCC’s three districts meeting in convention called on Synod to restructure. In other words, they’re asking LCC to change the way it’s built. What exactly we look like in the end depends to a…

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October 21, 2015

CCMS begins work on restructuring synod

WINNIPEG – From August 31 to September 1, Lutheran Church–Canada’s  (LCC) Commission on Constitutional Matters and Structure met in Winnipeg to begin discussions related to the restructuring of synod. Earlier this year, each of LCC’s three districts voted in convention to request the CCMS research…

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