The Canadian Lutheran Posts

August 12, 2010

The church is full of sinners

by Judith Burns  Anne Rice, one of the first modern authors to write about vampires, has been in the news of late but for another reason. On August 4 she declared: “In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.” Later she added,…

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August 11, 2010

Cambodian pastors learn more about Lutheran distinctives

Since forming as a church body in 2009 and installing its first bishop earlier this year, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia (ELCC) continues developing its Lutheran identity. Last month, pastors of the young church began learning more about Lutheran liturgy and Law and Gospel…

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August 6, 2010

Helping meet intercultural ministry needs

While Canada celebrates its multiculturalism, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) encourages inter-culturalism—Gospel proclamation in churches and congregations where Lutherans from around the world, now living in Canada, receive God’s gifts in Word and Sacraments. For many adult new Canadians, the first task is learning English, then adapting…

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August 5, 2010

Bones of John the Baptist – again?

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 day of John…

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July 23, 2010

Timing delays full Lutheran participation in apology to Mennonites

At the eleventh assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, delegates today unanimously approved a statement asking forgiveness from Anabaptists (Mennonites) for “the harm that our forbears in the sixteenth century committed” in persecuting Anabaptists. Since the Geneva-based LWF does not represent…

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July 22, 2010

Current budgets cause concern for seminary task force

“We’re at the point where recommendations are becoming clearer,” reported Rev. Nolan Astley to Lutheran Church–Canada’s Board of Directors. Rev. Astley is chairman of the Task Force on Cost-Efficient and Sustainable Seminary Education. His report summarized the most recent meetings of the task force in…

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