All posts tagged Missions

March 19, 2014

Good News: Scripture translation in Cameroon

Editor’s note: What follows is an update on the Scripture-translation work of Rev. Mike Kuhn in Cameroon. Rev. Kuhn is a missionary with Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada. The Canadian Lutheran reported on his and his family’s arrival in Galim in 2013. by Mike Kuhn…

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March 14, 2014

LCC to host intercultural mission conference in June

EDMONTON – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) will hold its fourth Intercultural Mission and Ministry Conference June 26-28 at Concordia Lutheran Church in Edmonton, Alberta. The conference is designed to allow LCC members the opportunity to discuss opportunities and strategies for intercultural outreach. This year’s conference theme…

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February 11, 2014

CLMS supports LCC missions in 2014

EDMONTON — The Board of Directors of the Concordia Lutheran Mission Society (CLMS) met January 30-February 2 in Edmonton to plan for the coming year. The major focus of the meeting was on selecting mission projects CLMS would commit to support throughout 2014. President Cliff…

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December 5, 2013

Broadcast ministry identifies partners

by Larry Gajdos TORONTO, Ontario – Reaching out with the Gospel can be a daunting task. So it was for Lay Missionary Javed Akhter of Redeemer Lutheran (Hamilton, Ontario) as he struggled to share Jesus with the South Asian community in Hamilton and the Golden…

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October 25, 2013

Sharing the faith in Turkey: An interview with the head of the Istanbul Lutheran Church

Rev. Ville Typpö is head of the Istanbul Lutheran Church and pastor of Istanbul Lutheran Congregation in Turkey. He joined Mathew Block, editor of The Canadian Lutheran (CL), for an interview by Skype. CL: Let’s start at the beginning: what is the history of the…

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October 21, 2013

Attack on LCC’s Mission Centre in Nicaragua

by Mathew Block NICARAGUA – On October 11 at 7:00 p.m., Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Mission Centre in Chinandega, Nicaragua was attacked. Details emerged slowly over the past week, as regular communications were interrupted following the incident. At the time of the attack, Rev. Rufino Quintero…

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