Category: Mission News
Founder of Lutheran missions in Mozambique passes on to glory; the church he helped create is growing by leaps and bounds
CANADA – Rev. Joseph Khembo Alfazema, the father of confessional Lutheran missions in Mozambique and a pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), passed on to glory on May 11, 2019 in Edmonton, Alberta. A funeral service for Rev. Alfazema was held on Saturday, May 18, 2019…
HLMS ships last container for Haiti
St. Catharines, Ontario — After 14 years we have stopped shipping containers of goods to Haiti. The reasons are increasing ridiculously high import duties by the Haitian government, fewer available funds, and volunteers are getting ever older. By far the main reason is the duties…
Interim Canadian Missions Executive Appointed
WINNIPEG, MB – Lutheran Church-Canada’s International Missions Executive, Rev. M.L. Smith has been appointed by LCC’s Board of Directors to serve as Interim Assistant to the President for Domestic Missions. Along with his duties as the International Missions Executive, Rev. Smith will serve in this…
LCC International Mission Executive on hand for formation of Honduras Synod
In early February, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) International Mission Executive Rev. Mark Smith met with representatives of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua, along with members of the local mission, for the annual Central American FORO in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. At the…
Theological training for Haiti’s Lutherans
HAITI – The Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS), a listed service organization of Lutheran Church–Canada, has been supporting work among the Lutheran Churches of Haiti for many years. Much attention has been given to humanitarian aid, chiefly by sending shipping containers full of clothing, building…
LCC International Mission Executive has a busy start
WINNIPEG – After being installed as International Missions Executive of Lutheran Church–Canada, Rev. Mark Smith has jumped into the position with both feet. Smith was installed on Tuesday, September 11th, and then attended a forum in Honduras later the same week along with representatives from…
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