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International Lutheran Laymen’s League hosts Spirit-driven event
OMAHA, Neb. – “Spirit Driven” (2 Tim. 1:7) was the theme embraced by the 93rd International Convention of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League (Int’l LLL) which attracted more than 1000 attendees from the US and Canada.
Lutheran Foundation reports increased gifts so far this year
WINNIPEG – Meeting May 28-29, the Board of Directors of Lutheran Foundation Canada (LFC) learned that in the first four months of 2010, the foundation established 13 deferred gifts totalling $2,912,935—a figure well beyond 2009’s annual total of $2,302,245. Congregations form the largest recipient category,…
St. John’s bones—again?
BULGARIA – Various news reports claim the bones of John the Baptist have been found on an island in the Black Sea in Bulgaria. Archeologists discovered a stone urn under the altar of a ruined monastery inscribed with a reference to June 24, the festival…
New LCMS structure emphasizes congregations
HOUSTON, TX – The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod streamlined its structure at its 64th Convention held in Houston, July 10-17. The restructuring comes at a time when the LCMS is facing what Vice-president Finance/treasurer Dr. Thomas Kuchta called a “financial crisis.” The major change came in…
Where youth ministry begins
For some 25 years I had the privilege of teaching confirmation classes in churches I served as a pastor. If you ask what the single most potent “ingredient” was in the students who seemed successful in those classes and went on to be fruitful young…
Keeping youth where they belong
by Ian Adnams In July I attended by my sixth Lutheran Church–Canada National Youth Gathering, this time in Edmonton. The first for me was in 1995 at Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Alberta, not so fondly remembered by many for its hourly fire alarms…
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