The Canadian Lutheran Posts

May 22, 2023

C.T. Wetzstein Donor Advised Fund grants over $9,000 for Christian education in Canada for 2023

REGINA, Sask. – The C.T. Wetzstein Donor Advised Fund in Support of Christian Education has granted over $9,000 in funding to a variety of educational ministries across Canada this year. Recipients in this yearly round of funding are: First Lutheran Christian Academy, Windsor, ON for…

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May 17, 2023

LCC congregations impacted by Alberta wildfires

ALBERTA - With 91 active wildfires as of May 16, 2023, and 19,576 evacuees, the province has been under a state of emergency since May 6. There has not been much rain yet this spring, and high winds have fanned the fires and smoke has spread across most of Canada, leading to…

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May 16, 2023

New interactive Mission Maps on LCC’s website

ONLINE – As mentioned in a January/February 2022 article in the Mission News section of The Canadian Lutheran, work has been underway to expand LCC’s Mission webpages with the eventual goal of incorporating an interactive mission map. More information on International and Domestic Missions has…

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May 15, 2023

German pastor reflects on Christian witness in a dictatorship

by Wilhelm Torgerson GERMANY – At the invitation of the Ursula-Schule, a Roman Catholic High School in the city of Osnabrück in northern Germany, Rev. Hartmut Bartmuss of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK) presented on his life and pastoral service under the communist regime…

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May 11, 2023

Ministerial Program Committee meets with CLS students

EDMONTON – On February 3, 2023 the Ministerial Program Committee (MPC, volunteers representing Lutheran Church–Canada) met with students from Concordia Lutheran Seminary to visit with them and provide personal observations and coaching. They support, nudge, and guide personal aspects of growth for students in the…

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May 10, 2023

Installation at Bethel Kitchener

KITCHENER, Ont. – From the summer climate of southern Brazil, Rev. Davi Schmidt and his wife Natacha arrived in Canada on Monday, January 30, to the refreshing temperature of -25° C. Welcome to Canada! On the very next Sunday, February 5, the congregation of Bethel…

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