The Canadian Lutheran Posts

October 28, 2014

A week of prayer

by Glenn Schaeffer Martin Luther reminds us in his Introduction of the Lord’s Prayer in the Small Catechism that “God invites us to believe that He is our true Father and that we are His true children, so that with all boldness and confidence we may ask…

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October 28, 2014

Prayer: More than a Convention Theme

by Paul Zabel The theme of our most recent Lutheran Church–Canada synodical convention was “Come to Him Who Answers Prayer.” As this convention is now past and a part of our church’s history, the three districts of our synod will now be earnestly preparing for…

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October 27, 2014

2014 Convention Proceedings Now Available

ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has released the proceedings from its Tenth Convention, held June 6-9 in Vancouver, British Columbia. “The official Proceedings to the Synod of the Tenth Synodical Convention of Lutheran Church–Canada are provided as a the official record of the decisions, elections,…

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October 27, 2014

Nicaraguan church work students examined in lead-up to ordination, consecrations

NICARAGUA – October 23 marked the second-last set of interviews in Nicaragua for ten vicars (candidates for pastoral ministry) and 17 deaconess-candidates, in the lead-up to their ordinations and consecrations for full-time ministry. Each student was examined individually by Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) and Lutheran Church…

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October 23, 2014

Anglican-Lutheran dialogue continues on Canadian soil

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Dialogue participants from the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), and Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) met for their latest semi-annual round of discussions at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in Ontario on Friday, October 17. It was the…

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October 22, 2014

LCC President calls for prayer following Ottawa attacks

OTTAWA – News of multiple shootings in downtown Ottawa left Canadians reeling Wednesday morning. Shots were fired at Canada’s War Memorial, where one Canadian soldier was shot and killed. Parliament was also targeted, with as many as fifty shots fired inside the Centre Block today,…

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