The Canadian Lutheran Posts

October 15, 2012

Do Lutherans read the Bible?

ONLINE – The Discipleship Task Force Committee of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) asks LCC members to take its survey on Bible reading. The purpose of the survey is to paint a broad picture of individual and group Bible study in LCC congregations, identify obstacles to daily…

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October 12, 2012

Martin Luther: Sinner/Saint

by Mathew Block Occasionally when sharing my faith with others, I will be met with the reply: “You’re a Lutheran? But don’t you know the terrible things that Martin Luther did?” More often than not, these people are referring to Luther’s treatise On the Jews…

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October 4, 2012

Canadian Lutheran World Relief board elects executive committee

WINNIPEG – The board of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) elected a new executive committee at their biannual meeting held September 28-30, 2012. Mr. Marcus Busch was elected president of the board, and is now serving his second term on CLWR’s board of directors. He…

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October 1, 2012

Stand Firm! And see the salvation of the Lord

WINNIPEG – The Stand Firm National Youth Gathering committee has been hard at work to create a time for teenagers across Canada to come together and see the salvation of the Lord (Exodus 14:13-14). In a recent meeting, the committee was able to delve deeper…

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September 28, 2012

Interview: President Michael Semmler of the Lutheran Church of Australia

President Michael Semmler of the Lutheran Church of Australia has been in Canada over the past few weeks for the triennial convention of the International Lutheran Council as well as for a week of meetings between the Lutheran Church of Australia’s (LCA) College of Presidents…

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September 27, 2012

Australian and Canadian church leaders meet

SURREY, British Columbia – National and district leaders of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) and Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) began a week of meetings September 24 to deepen the relationship between the two churches, and to explore potential new areas of cooperation. “This is actually…

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