The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Watch LCC’s 2017 Synodical Convention Live Online
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) will hold its eleventh synodical convention October 13-16, 2017 in Kitchener, Ontario, with business sessions and the opening worship service being broadcast live online. This year’s convention comes at a historic time for Lutherans, as 2017 marks the 500th anniversary…
Awaiting the End of the World
by Thomas Prachar Well, I missed it again—and so did you! David Meade of Wisconsin predicted that our world would end on September 23, 2017 as a rogue planet called Nibiru crashed into Earth. Originally, this planet was to arrive in 2003 but was delayed…
CLTS installs new professors, holds Reformation 500 Conference
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – On September 10, 2017, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary opened its new academic year and held a theological symposium marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The event saw the installation of two new assistant professors: Rev. Dr. Harold Ristau, who has…
Concordia Lutheran Seminary presents the “Reformation Minute”
EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) launched its “Reformation Minute” program on September 18, 2017. The program features CLS faculty presenting on some of the people and ideas that renewed the heart of Christ’s church, starting in earnest in the fall of 1517. These talks…
PAT Program celebrates first Regionally Remote pastor
HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. – On September 12, 2017, Redeemer Lutheran Church in High Prairie, Alberta celebrated the ordination and installation of Rev. Terry Goerz, the first graduate with a regionally remote ministry focus from Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Pastors with Alternate Training (PAT) program. At seventy…
Lutheran Hour Thanksgiving edition to feature LCC President
CANADA – On Sunday, October 8, The Lutheran Hour will feature a special Thanksgiving edition in which Rev. Dr. Robert Bugbee, President of Lutheran Church–Canada, serves as guest speaker. President Bugbee will present a message entitled “Thanksgiving is Today,” based on Psalm 95:1-7. “Why is…