The Canadian Lutheran Posts

January 19, 2012

LCC’s missionaries in Central America report

by Leonardo Neitzel  In early January, President Robert Bugbee and I had a very special meeting with the Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) missionaries and their spouses working in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Honduras. We met with these five missionaries and their wives shortly after the close of…

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January 17, 2012

Rev. Dr. Zeuch joins Concordia University College of Alberta.

In December 2011, the Board of Governors for Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA) appointed Rev. Dr. Manfred Zeuch to the position of Vice-President International. Dr. Zeuch – who has been appointed to a two-year pro tempore term – will lead CUCA in its new international strategy,…

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January 16, 2012

Nicaragua mission pioneer called home

Following a three-year battle with cancer, Rev. Sándor Argüello, Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) first missionary to Nicaragua, was called home by his Lord Saturday January 14, 2012 in Managua, Nicaragua. He was in his home city to pursue alternate medical treatment. In accordance with Nicaraguan law, he…

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January 13, 2012

Lutheran Church–Canada marks Sanctity of Life Sunday

by James Morgan The Scriptures tell us that the lives of all people are sacred – whether those people are elderly, disabled, or still growing in their mothers’ wombs. Unfortunately, not everyone shares this belief in the sanctity of life. Abortion is legal in Canada,…

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January 13, 2012

“Where did the Bible we use today come from?”

If you’ve ever wondered where we got the Bible, Concordia Lutheran Seminary’s (Edmonton, Alberta) latest Quest course is for you. Rev. Jonathan Kraemer, Assistant Professor of Exegetical Theology, is leading a four-part study on the origins of the Bible, Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9…

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January 13, 2012

Lutheran Church–Canada at work in Costa Rica

Rev. Edmundo Retana and his wife Deaconess Betty Retana pose with the congregation in Cartago, Costa Rica by Leonardo Neitzel  Officially, the Republic of Costa Rica has 4.64 million inhabitants. Some estimates, however, put the population closer to six million, with nearly two million of them being Nicaraguan…

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