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COVID-19: LCC Seminaries to Announce First Calls Online
ONLINE – As a result of government regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries have announced public services will be cancelled while first calls for pastoral candidates and vicarage placements will be announced online this year. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton)…
Is Religious Autonomy in Canada in Danger?
by Jeffrey A.L. Kriwetz Much has been written lately about the decline of Christianity as an influence in modern society. For the most part, that decline in influence has been brought about, not by a direct attack on Christian institutions themselves, but by indirect…
Something new in Cambodia
by Leonard Harms CAMBODIA – On June 13, 2016, a church body died and a new one began. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia ceased to be because of problems of governance and an expired license with the Government of Cambodia. Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) was…
Feeding program in Nicaragua continues service amid pandemic
“Whoever has a good eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.” Proverbs 22:9 NICARAGUA – As a result of the pandemic, the Church in Nicaragua has taken precautionary measures to keep their members and communities as safe as possible. Even…
Request for prayers for Fort McMurray and surrounding communities amid flooding
by Keith Haberstock ALBERTA – Every 20 years or so Fort McMurray goes through a major flood as our three converging rivers form a major ice jam that forces waters to flow back into the city. That’s what began Sunday morning on April 26, 2020….
Joint CLS/CLTS Faculty Retreat at Bragg Creek
ALBERTA – For the first time in over a dozen years, the faculties of both Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) seminaries – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) – met near Bragg Creek, Alberta, on faculty retreat from March 9-12, 2020. Significant…
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