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Students prepare to serve Nicaraguan church
Future church workers in Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua participated in the final stage of their preparation for theological education last week. The class of 15 pastoral students and 21 diaconate program students gathered at the Mission Centre in Chinandega September 7 to meet with ILSN President Luis Turcios and several…
Montreal workshop attracts participants from Canada and beyond
by James Morgan Francophone Lutherans from three countries gathered in Montreal August 22 to 24 to discover more about Lutheran Church–Canada’s Liturgies et cantiques luthériens (LCL) and how congregations can use the French-language hymnal. Thirty-six people attended the workshop. Canadian participants included members of LCC congregations from…
Language classes teach Bible stories
by James Morgan We often hear about churches using English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to reach out to new immigrants in their community. But there is also a strong demand for English among people living in non-English speaking countries. As a result, last…
Sin, sex and salvation
by Ian Adnams We are all born spiritually broken and deserving death. Our soul’s natural state is one that is cut off from God. We neither have the desire to seek Him nor follow Him. In this state of sin, with a broken relationship with…
Praying for pastors: God alone can give His people an increase of harvest-workers
by Robert Bugbee God will have to give us the pastors we need. He promises in the Old Testament, “I will place shepherds over them who will tend them” (Jeremiah 23:4). The New Testament says it, too: “It was He who gave some…to be pastors…
Directors appoint new vice-president
by James Morgan Following a conference call September 6, Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Board of Directors announced the appointment of Rev. Mark Dressler, pastor of Saskatoon’s St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in LCC’s Central District, to serve as Synod’s new Third Vice-president. The appointment of Rev. Dressler comes…