The Canadian Lutheran Posts
German pastor in LCC partner church honoured for work among Iranian converts
GERMANY – German Christian magazine ideaSpektrum has named Rev. Dr. Gottfried Martens “Pastor of the Year” for 2012, an honour given in recognition of his work over the past five years caring for Iranian converts to Christianity. The growing number of Iranian converts to Christianity…
ROC registration now open
WINNIPEG – Registration is now open for Reach Out Canada. This year marks the 25th anniversary since Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) founding convention in 1988. As LCC honours its past, it also looks forward to the future, planning its first ever national outreach conference—Reach Out Canada—to…
Lutheran Presence and Witness in Cambodia: Lord, let thy kingdom come
by Leonardo Neitzel The official language of Cambodia is Khmer; its religion, Buddhism. The country is still in recovery, in some ways, from Pol Pot’s massive killings of his own people in the 1970s. Today, the economy is in steady progress, and people seem very…
LCC on the road: The tomb is empty
by Mathew Block I returned yesterday to Canada from a whirlwind tour of the Holy Land with The Canadian Church Press. As I’ve written earlier, our first days were spent visiting Caesarea, Nazareth, Capernaum, and Galilee. On Wednesday and Thursday we turned our attention to…
CLS continues search for president
EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) is continuing the search for a new president, after Rev. Dr. Carl Fickensher declined the call last week. Dr. Fickensher explained in a letter that, while he was “deeply honored” by the seminary’s call, he regretted he was unable to…
LCC on the road: Travels in the Holy Land
by Mathew Block ISRAEL – I write this post from Tiberias, a city beside the Sea of Galilee. I am currently traveling in Israel with the Canadian Church Press on a week-long tour of the Holy Land. The event, which is sponsored by the Israel Government…