The Canadian Lutheran Posts

March 13, 2017

Narnia lectures now online

ONLINE – Video from Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton’s recent Quest Course on C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series are now available to view online. Taking place over four weeks, “Narnia for Adults: Introduction to the Chronicles of Narnia” features lectures by Rev. Dr….

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March 10, 2017

Schedule your showing of new Luther film

CANADA – The radical events, compelling personalities, and exciting drama of the Reformation are brought to life in Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World. This new full-length documentary features thrilling reenactments of the sixteenth-century events with commentary from leading church-history experts. The film,…

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March 9, 2017

Is The Shack Worth the Trip?

by Ted Giese Occasionally a product hits the market after interest has peaked and people have moved on. Stuart Hazeldine’s film adaption of the popular 2007 novel The Shack by Canadian author William P. Young may be this kind of product. The opening weekend box…

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March 8, 2017

Eastern European Lutheran bishops meet in Ukraine

UKRAINE – The heads of several Lutheran churches in the former Soviet Union recently met together in Ukraine for the Eastern European Bishops Conference, along with the heads of their North American partner churches—including President Robert Bugbee of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC). The conference, held in…

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March 7, 2017

LCC membership down, junior confirmations up in latest statistics

CANADA – The 2015 statistics for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have been released and they note, for the first time ever, a decrease in membership to below 60,000 members. In 2015, LCC counted a baptized membership of 58,745. That’s down from the year previous, when baptized…

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March 6, 2017

37 Decisions on the Restructuring of Lutheran Church–Canada

CANADA – The Commission for Constitutional Matters and Structure (CCMS) of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has released a new document which outlines the proposed new structure of LCC in detail. The document is entitled “The 37 Decisions” and runs to 23 pages in length. Among the…

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