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LCC meeting with Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome
ROME – Rev. Nolan Astley, Senior Pastor at Holy Cross (Kitchener, Ontario) and former First Vice-President of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), recently visited Rome for meetings with the Roman Catholic Church’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) on August 21, 2019. The meetings were an…
400 Years of Lutheran Worship in North America: Rasmus Jensen’s Story
by Mathew Block On September 7, 1619, a ship from Denmark captained by Jens Munk arrived in Hudson Bay, landing in the area that would later be known as Churchill, Manitoba. A companion ship arrived two days later on September 9. They had been seeking…
LBTC awards Lifetime Achievement Award
MISSION, B.C. – Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada (LBTC) awarded their Lifetime Achievement Award to Laurie Lonneberg on June 16, 2019. Rev. Ron Mohr, LBTC Executive Director, presented the award to Lonneberg “with thanks and praise to God” for Lonneberg’s “many years of service to and…
LCMS Radio highlights Canadian seminaries, NYG
ONLINE – KFUO Radio, a radio station of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, has featured two Canadian guests over the past month on its popular Coffee Hour and Thy Strong Word programs. On August 29, Rev. Glenn Worcester and Lisa Olding were invited to speak with…
Seminaries Sunday 2019
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada no longer designates a specific day “Seminaries Sunday”, but encourages her congregations to remember the two seminaries with prayers and offerings. You may wish to observe it in conjunction with an Education Sunday in the autumn, remembering the opening of our…
LBTC: Progress for Cameroon’s “Bible House”
CAMEROON – The Bible House construction project has been the big news in Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada (LBTC) circles for the past few years. And the excitement continues to mount as the building nears completion. Bill and Freda Klassen spent three months in Cameroon—November…
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