The Canadian Lutheran Posts

December 9, 2010

Canadian appointed LCMS regional director

As part of the ongoing reorganization in The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), Rev. Ted Krey, a pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) currently serving with LCMS World Missions in the Dominican Republic, will become the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, January 1, 2011….

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December 8, 2010

New hymns for Christmas and Epiphany

Lutheran congregations in Canada have two additional hymns for Christmas and beyond. Lutheran Church–Canada’s Committee on Worship and Music released another Christmas hymn plus an Epiphany hymn translated from Liturgies et cantiques luthériens, LCC’s French hymnal. According to Pastor David Saar, who helped produce the…

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December 8, 2010

Ethiopian Lutheran church calls on ELCA to repent

 The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) has warned the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) that its decision to bless homosexual relationships and allow practising homosexuals into the clergy threatens to disrupt long-standing cooperation between the two churches. In a letter addressed to Presiding…

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December 7, 2010

Breakaway Anglicans talk with conservative Lutherans

“The Background and Identity of our Churches” was the theme of the first dialogue session held recently between representatives of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) and the new Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). ACNA comprises former members of the Anglican Church…

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December 6, 2010

The truth about Old Saint Nick : Why Turkey means more than Christmas dinner

by Jim Chliboyko “East of Marmaris the coast loses most of its wrinkles and the Greek Islands are left behind,” reads the dog-eared copy of Lonely Planet’s West Asia on a Shoestring. “The coast is sprinkled with ruins… and it’s studded with beautiful beaches and…

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December 4, 2010

Seminary task force delivers report

Members of Lutheran Church–Canada’s Board of Directors received the long-anticipated report from the Task Force on Cost Efficient and Sustainable Seminary Education, December 2. The key recommendation is that LCC conduct seminary education on two campuses, St. Catharines and Edmonton, under a single administration, curriculum…

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