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Australian Lutheran bishop to retire
AUSTRALIA – Bishop John Henderson of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA)—a partner church of Lutheran Church–Canada—has announced that he will not be seeking reelection at the church’s Convention of General Synod later this year. Bishop Henderson was first elected to head the LCA in…
First calls for 2021’s graduating pastors, vicarage assignments
ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries live-streamed their Call Services again this year on May 28 and 29 respectively. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) held its Sacred Convocation online on May 28, 2021, during which time three colloquy candidates from last summer were presented….
Urgent prayer request for Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s President Timothy Teuscher, received a letter from Rev. Asefa Aredo, LCC Missionary at Large to the Lutheran Oromo community in Winnipeg, with an urgent prayer request for Ethiopia amid significant unrest. The letter from Rev. Aredo is as follows: ……
A Victory for Church Autonomy
by Jeffrey A.L. Kriwetz If someone disagrees with a church body’s decision about something relating to the church’s doctrines and internal rules, can that person sue the church and seek relief from the court? In a ruling released on May 21, 2021, the Supreme Court…
CLTS Professor’s book now available in Spanish
LATIN AMERICA – A book on eschatology by Rev. Dr. John Stephenson, professor at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario, has recently been made available in Spanish as part of the VDMA Project. “I would hope that the Eschatology volume of…
IMPACT… But shorter!
WEST REGION – The IMPACT Youth Gathering committee has released a video announcing that since an in-person youth gathering won’t be possible this summer, they will be hosting a live-streamed youth event on Friday, September 10, at 6:30 p.m. PDT. The event, IMPACT…but shorter, will…