Category: Feature Stories
LCC Ukraine Aid Fund to support SELCU pastors and congregations
UKRAINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) continues calling members to prayer as the crisis in Ukraine persists. LCC congregations and individuals have requested additional information on how they can offer financial support to our missionary and partner Church, the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in…
Decline and Growth: A Look at the Lutheran World Today
by Mathew Block If I ask you to describe a typical Lutheran, what do you imagine? Do you assume it would be someone of German or Scandinavian descent? If so, think again. Today, the typical Lutheran—at least the one actually in church on Sunday…
Pray for Ukraine
UKRAINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is urging prayer following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. The nation has been invaded from three sides, according to media reports, with ground, air, and naval forces all participating. Shelling and airstrikes are reported in numerous places,…
Cambodian Lutherans living boldly during COVID-19
by J.P. Cima On the face of it, Cambodia has fared well during the COVID-19 pandemic. With just over 120,000 reported cases and 3,000 deaths in a country of 16.7 million people, Cambodia’s infection rates are far below neighbouring countries. Moreover, the Royal Government of…
LCC urges prayer for Canada
CANADA – On February 14, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Acts in response to ongoing protests in Ottawa and other places throughout the country. The text of the act provides the government with extraordinary powers to deal with emergency situations, while respecting the Canadian Charter of…
LCC Urges Prayer for Ukraine
UKRAINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is urging prayer for Ukraine given recent tensions in the region. “Military tension is high here—almost sensed in the air—like never before,” noted Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy, Missionary-at-Large for LCC and the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU). “Many…
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