Category: Headline

September 17, 2012

ILC welcomes new member church

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – On the afternoon of Monday, September 17, the International Lutheran Council (ILC) passed a resolution to accept the Lutheran Ministerium and Synod–USA (LMS–USA) as a member of the ILC. “The ILC is the most important body of confessional Lutheran fellowship today,”…

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September 14, 2012

LCC launches 2012 missions newsletter

WINNIPEG – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has released a newsletter highlighting the mission activity of some of its Auxiliaries and Listed Service Organizations. “LCC is privileged to have numerous partners to support it in its mission work both here at home and around the world,” the…

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September 12, 2012

Video: International Lutheran Laymen’s League convention sermon

SASKATOON, Sask. – At the end of July, nearly 600 people from across North America converged on Saskatoon for the 94th International Convention of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League. President Robert Bugbee was invited to preach at the convention’s opening worship service. He chose for…

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September 11, 2012

World Lutheran leaders to meet in Canada

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – For the first time in its nearly twenty-year history, the International Lutheran Council (ILC) will meet in Canada for its triennial conference. From September 16-21, church leaders from 33 confessional Lutheran church bodies around the world will gather in Niagara Falls,…

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September 7, 2012

Ukraine seminary students enter final year of studies

by Oleg Schewteschenko UKRAINE – After “a very short summer,” as one student described it, students have slowly made their way back to Concordia Seminary in Odessa, Ukraine. For all the students, summer was a busy time. Some worked to help their parents and earn…

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September 5, 2012

Truth

by Peggy Pederson Pilate asked Jesus: “What is Truth?” But Truth was standing right in front of him, because Truth is a person. Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.” Now in the middle of US Presidential elections, “Spin” is flying…

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