Category: Mission News

May 4, 2020

Feeding program in Nicaragua continues service amid pandemic

“Whoever has a good eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.” Proverbs 22:9 NICARAGUA – As a result of the pandemic, the Church in Nicaragua has taken precautionary measures to keep their members and communities as safe as possible. Even…

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April 27, 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on Ukrainian and Russian Lutherans

by Oleksiy Navrotskyy UKRAINE – Information on the COVID-19 pandemic, and the quarantine requirements stated by our civil government, have largely been met with skepticism and mistrust by many Christians living in Ukraine. What might appear to be a strange reaction from Ukrainian Christians actually stems…

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March 30, 2020

Mission Café at Faith Lutheran Church in Saskatoon

SASKATCHEWAN – The annual Mission Café at Faith Lutheran Church (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) took place on Sunday, March 2, 2020. This annual tradition is organized by the ladies of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League – Canada (LWMLC) Society each spring to bring people together to think about…

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March 24, 2020

HLMS: Providing Haitians with theological education

HAITI – In late January 2020, the Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) held its second round of theological training for members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH). Thirty lay leaders attended the conference, which covered the Augsburg Confession and was taught by Rev….

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March 17, 2020

Celebrating French Ministry: Not our will but Thy will be done

  QUEBEC CITY – The Lutheran church of Sainte-Trinité in Quebec City, Quebec, is a congregation that could have given up – and, understandably so! – many times over the past decade, and yet continues to grow in spite of adversities. This small community has…

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March 6, 2020

LCC congregations and affiliates respond to increased Lutheran Brazilian immigration

CANADA – As the increased Brazilian presence in Canada becomes more evident, members of Lutheran Church–Canada are responding. A recent rise in Lutheran Brazilian immigration has been especially prominent in Saskatchewan, through Rev. Lucas Albrecht, and in Montreal, through Rev. Dr. David Somers. Both Rev….

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