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ILC works with Nigerian Lutherans to plant churches
NIGERIA – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) is working with the Lutheran Church of Nigeria (LCN) to support mission outreach in cities and urban areas across the country. While well-established in rural areas, the Lutheran Church of Nigeria has identified greater emphasis on urban outreach as…
Crossroads 2018: Nigeria and Bible Translation
By: Travis Heide Since returning from a two-week discernment trip to Nigeria this past June, I’ve been asked a load of questions regarding that country. What animals live there? What are the road conditions? What did we eat—and what were we able to eat? (Anything…
Government of Canada to match donations for famine relief
CANADA – At the end of May, the Government of Canada announced that for every eligible donation made by individual Canadians to registered Canadian charities between March 17 and June 30, 2017, it will contribute an equivalent amount to the Famine Relief Fund. More than…
Praying for the Persecuted Church
CANADA – November 9 marks the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP), an annual event that sees Christians in more than 130 countries remember suffering Christians in prayer. “Today around the world more than 200 million are suffering for their faith in…
A Year of Martyrs: Praying for the Persecuted Church
by Mathew Block 2013 has been a deadly year for Christians across the world. Sunday, September 22 marked the deadliest recorded attack ever on Christians in Pakistan, when two suicide bombers stuck All Saints Anglican Church in Peshawar. At least 85 people are dead, with…
A call to prayer for Nigeria
NIGERIA – Tragedy has struck Nigeria in that nation’s worst air disaster in two decades. A passenger plane carrying 153 people crashed June 3 on its way from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, to the city of Lagos. There were no survivors. What’s more, the plane crashed down…
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