Category: Mission News
Domestic Mission Exec visits Oromo congregation
WINNIPEG – Rev. Jacob Quast has begun his work as Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) new Director of Domestic Missions, with one of his first visits taking place at Shalom Oromo Lutheran Church in Winnipeg. During service on June 17, the congregation welcomed Rev. Quast and his…
Getting to Know LCC’s New Director of Domestic Missions
1. Who is LCC’s new Director of Domestic Missions? My name is Rev. Jacob Quast. I have been serving as a pastor in LCC for more than 20 years. My wife (Jolene) and I have been married for almost 28 years, and we have three…
Canadians assist seminary education in Haiti
HAITI – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) members are assisting Haitian Lutherans with seminary education—and through them, with other Christians around the world. LCC’s current involvement with seminary education in Haiti began through contacts with Rev. Walta Clercius, who became a LCC Missionary at Large for French…
LCC welcomes new Director of Domestic Missions
WINNIPEG – On May 5, Rev. Jacob Quast was installed as Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Director of Domestic Missions. He began work at LCC’s synodical office in Winnipeg on May 1. “As I enter this new position, it is with deep humility for the trust that…
LCC congregations hold VBS, workshops in Nicaragua
NICARAGUA – In November 2023, 248 children at Vacation Bible School events and 60 women at Advent workshops from six Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (ILSN) churches greeted a 2023 Nicaragua mission team that included five members of Faith Lutheran in Kitchener, Ontario, along with…
An Update on LCC’s Ukraine Aid Fund
UKRAINE – Following the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, there was a significant request from members of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) to create a fund in support of our partner church, the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU). Within four…