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September 28, 2012

Interview: President Michael Semmler of the Lutheran Church of Australia

President Michael Semmler of the Lutheran Church of Australia has been in Canada over the past few weeks for the triennial convention of the International Lutheran Council as well as for a week of meetings between the Lutheran Church of Australia’s (LCA) College of Presidents…

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September 27, 2012

Australian and Canadian church leaders meet

SURREY, British Columbia – National and district leaders of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) and Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) began a week of meetings September 24 to deepen the relationship between the two churches, and to explore potential new areas of cooperation. “This is actually…

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September 25, 2012

LCC musician nominated for 2012 Covenant Award

BURLINGTON, Ontario – On September 25, the Gospel Music Association of Canada (GMA Canada) announced the nominations for the 2012 Covenant Awards, and Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) singer-songwriter Jennifer Jade Kerr (JJK) is among the nominees. JJK has been nominated for “Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year”…

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September 25, 2012

And with all your mind

by Robert Bugbee I heard an old pastor tell a study group in which I participated, “I’m thinking about God all the time.” Maybe that sounds self-serving, but he wasn’t bragging; he was simply explaining how years of reading, praying and reflecting on Scripture had…

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September 20, 2012

Bishop Voigt elected Chairman of the International Lutheran Council

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – On September 20, the International Lutheran Council (ILC) elected its officers for the new triennium, with Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt of the Independent Lutheran Church in Germany elected to serve as Chairman of the ILC. “It was a very hard decision to…

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September 18, 2012

ILC remembers Lutheran leader

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) remembered today Rev. Dr. Karl Wengenroth, a former representative to the International Lutheran Conference (a group that would eventually become the ILC). Dr. Wengenroth was a retired Propst (regional vice-president) of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church…

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