The Canadian Lutheran Posts

April 23, 2013

New Bishop for Lutheran Church of Australia

AUSTRALIA – Rev. John Henderson was elected Bishop of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) April 22, 2013. The election was made on the first day of business at the LCA’s National Convention, which also made the decision to change the title of the synodical…

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April 22, 2013

Nominees for LCMS President

ST. LOUIS, Missouri – Earlier this month, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) announced nominees for the office of President. The following three candidates have given consent to serve if elected President of the LCMS: current serving President, Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison (1,111 nominating votes); Rev….

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April 19, 2013

Ministry as Curiosity conference

GUELPH, Ontario – Lutheran Church–Canada’s Committee for the Care of Church Workers and their Families is sponsoring a “Ministry as Curiosity” conference June 18-20 at Guelph Bible Conference Centre. “Traditions, values, and even institutions that were the mainstays of life are shifting,” writes Rev. David…

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April 19, 2013

New preaching station in Nova Scotia

HALIFAX – St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Halifax has announced they are starting a new preaching station in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. The first service is scheduled for May 1 at 7:00 p.m., and will be held at St. Mark’s Chapel, the Protestant…

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April 16, 2013

Youth! Grownups! Join me in Winnipeg this summer!

by Robert Bugbee It was 25 years ago this May: our church family came from all over the country to the Winnipeg Convention Centre. Nearly every congregation sent a representative. Nearly every pastor came. It was the organizing convention of Lutheran Church–Canada. After we had…

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April 16, 2013

LCC’s President: Pray for Boston

BOSTON – Lutheran Church-Canada’s (LCC) President Robert Bugbee has pledged prayers for those affected by the April 15 bombings in Boston. “Dear friends in Canada,” he writes, “I’m in Sydney, Australia on my way to the convention of our partner church, and just received word…

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