The Canadian Lutheran Posts

March 2, 2023

Director of Advancement: What does this mean?

by David Friesen It has been a little over one year since I started in my role as Director of Advancement with Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), having formerly served as a Gift Coordinator for Lutheran Foundation Canada in Central Region for 10 years.  Although it has…

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March 1, 2023

We Value Sanctity of Life

by Timothy Teuscher “We value life as a gift of God to be cherished, nurtured, and protected from conception to natural death.” That is the fifth value statement as to what walking together as pastors, deacons, and congregations in our synodical family means and involves….

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February 28, 2023

New translation of Löhe’s Aphorisms published

ONTARIO – Rev. Dr. John Stephenson has served Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines) as a productive scholar, writer, and teaching theologian for 33 years, having joined the faculty as a young man in 1989. Just prior to his retirement in December 2022, Dr. Stephenson’s English…

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February 28, 2023

LCC’s Ecumenical Dialogues

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is currently involved in three inter-denominational dialogues: with the Roman Catholic Church in Canada, with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), and with the North American Lutheran Church (NALC). Each of these dialogues meets once or twice a year. …

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February 27, 2023

Ecumenical Dialogue—Why bother?

by Michael Keith Our Lord Jesus prays in His High Priestly prayer in John 17: “Holy Father, keep them in Your name, which You have given Me, that they may be one, even as We are one” (v. 17). Our Lord Jesus is praying for…

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February 23, 2023

Confessional Liturgical Institute in French—the first of its kind!

What is the ILLF? L’Institut liturgique luthérien francophone (The Francophone Lutheran Liturgical Institute – ILLF) provides support in the French language to those responsible for teaching, researching, and carrying out pastoral work in areas pertaining to Lutheran liturgy. The ILLF equips pastors and church workers with a…

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