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CTCR Statement on Civil Obedience and Disobedience
Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) Statement At the March 2023 meeting of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s Board of Directors, the request was made of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) to review the 1966 CTCR document of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS)…
Age & Fragility
by David Haberstock We all love to complain about aches and pains as we age, at least until the aches and pains are strong enough that we say with the author of Ecclesiastes that the days are such that “I have no pleasure in them”…
We Value Relationships
by Timothy Teuscher We value relationships; that is, respecting one another as children of God, demonstrating love in all things because He first loved us.” This is the seventh and final value statement identified by pastors, deacons, and lay people from across our synod as…
On Barrenness and its Consequences
Thus says the Lord: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” – Jeremiah 31:15 There is a quiet, yet widespread dilemma afflicting North…
Walking in the Light: Young Adult Retreat
MISSION, B.C. – On the weekend of May 5-7, 2023, Trinity Lutheran Church (Richmond) hosted a Young Adult Retreat at Camp Luther, with invitations to young adults in the Lower Mainland and beyond. Twenty-four people attended the retreat and gathered under the theme of “Walking…
New artwork added to CLTS catechetical baptismal font
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – In May 2021, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) consecrated a new baptismal font in the seminary’s Martin Luther Chapel announcing an ongoing project “to add small pieces of artwork depicting the Christian Church’s ministry in Word and Sacrament, based on the…
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