Category: Feature Stories
Reforming Our Church
by Paul Schallhorn Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is about to change.This year, LCC’s three districts meeting in convention called on Synod to restructure. In other words, they’re asking LCC to change the way it’s built. What exactly we look like in the end depends to a…
Black Mass: Cold and dark in Boston
by Ted Giese Set in South Boston, Black Mass details the criminal exploits of James Joseph “Whitey” Bulger, the Winter Hill Gang, and their entanglement with the FBI. More than a bio-pic, Black Mass deals with broader themes of truth and lies, secrets, and raw…
ILC welcomes Nicaraguans into membership; LCC reelected to Executive Council
ARGENTINA – From September 24-27, Lutheran leaders from across the globe gathered in Buenos Aires for the International Lutheran Council’s (ILC) 25th (10th) World Conference, meeting under the theme “Bringing the Reformation to the World.” A highlight of the event was the welcome of three…
Nicaraguan clergy study New Testament Greek
NICARAGUA – Clergy in the Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua are preparing for their second course on New Testament Greek, set to take place this coming November. This year’s course builds on lessons first begun in November 2014. At that time, twenty-five pastors and vicars…
The Changing Face of Canadian Missions: Rising immigration in Canada and the Lutheran response
by James Morgan Immigration is an inherent part of Lutheranism in Canada. Historically, most Lutherans in Canada were German, Scandinavian, or Slavic immigrants and their descendants. The Lutheran link to immigration from those parts of Europe is similar to that seen in other faiths (Roman…
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