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LCC on the road: Growth in Ukraine
by Robert Bugbee Beloved sisters and brothers in Canada, After flights from Winnipeg to Toronto, Toronto to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Vienna, and finally Frankfurt to Odessa, I arrived in Ukraine November 7. Bishop Viktor Graefenstein of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU)…
“But the Lord God helps me” – ILC sermon now online
ONLINE – In September 2012, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) hosted the Triennial Convention of the International Lutheran Council in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The opening worship service was held at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) with President Robert Bugbee preaching. His sermon—drawn from Isaiah 50:4-10…
Pastor’s Desk Diary 2013
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary is again pleased to offer to the church the annual pastor’s desk diary. It contains readings from the three-year and one-year lectionaries, including variants for the major Lutheran churches in Canada: Lutheran Church–Canada, Evangelical Lutheran Church in…
Alister McGrath urges Lutherans to share doctrine with the world around us
ATLANTA, Georgia – On the 495th anniversary of the Reformation, Rev. Dr. Alister McGrath, Professor of Theology, Ministry and Education at King’s College (London, England), called on confessional Lutherans around the world to continue to “unpack, interpret and translate” the words of Dr. Martin Luther for the…
ILC executive meets with global leaders of confessional Lutheranism
by Albert B. Collver III ATLANTA, Georgia – On the 495th anniversary of the Reformation, members of the International Lutheran Council’s (ILC) Executive Committee joined more than 120 global Lutheran leaders at the International Conference on Confessional Leadership to discuss the Lutheran Church in the…
Iran and the Gospel
Note: “Today around the world more than 200 million are suffering for their faith in Jesus Christ. Each year, Christians in more than 130 countries stand in prayer with their persecuted brothers and sisters through the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP).”…