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Christian persecution: nothing new
Each year in early November Christians around the world pray for those who are persecuted for their faith as part of International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) by James Morgan In recent months persecution against Christians around the world has received more attention….
Internet radio hopes to cure a blind spot
by James Morgan Lutherans in England plan to raise the profile of Lutheranism around the world with an Internet-based radio station. Lutheran Radio UK will launch in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2012. It is already running a test broadcast through its website in anticipation of…
Research centre will focus on scholarship and faith
Providing a place for scholars to conduct research on the relationship between Christian faith, academic learning and the contemporary world is the focus of the new Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith (CCSCF) established by Concordia University College of Alberta in Edmonton and…
New editor appointed for The Canadian Lutheran
Responsibility for communications in Lutheran Church–Canada passes to a new generation in November with the arrival of Mathew Block who will serve as communications manager and editor of The Canadian Lutheran and Canadianlutheran.ca. A 2010 graduate of the University of Regina with bachelors degrees (honours)…
Remembering the departed faithful
by Robert Bugbee For all the saints who from their labours rest… In the old days, especially in villages and out in the country, on your way into church on Sunday, you walked past gravestones. The church had its own cemetery. Sometimes you noticed upturned…
Giving is up, membership down according to 2010 stats
The annual “snapshot” of Lutheran Church–Canada is now fully developed with the compilation of 2010 statistical information from about two-thirds of LCC’s congregations. Declining membership trends continue at about 2 percent, however attendance shows an increase. Of the 67,154 baptized members, about 18,243 gather at…