Category: Mission News
President Bugbee calls for prayer for Ukraine
UKRAINE – Conflict in Ukraine is ongoing, with recent news noting an escalation in tensions in the Crimea region. Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) partner church in Ukraine, the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ukraine (SELCU), has congregations in that region. What follows is a letter…
French and English Lenten devotions now available
ONLINE – Members of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have long been familiar with the Lenten devotions produced by Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM), thanks to the work of Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada in making copies of the publication available across the country. But this year, LCC…
Lutheran Braille Workers-Canada winds down operations
CANADA – After 40 years of providing free Christian reading material for the visually impaired, Lutheran Braille Workers-Canada (LBW-C) is ceasing operations. The ministry in Canada first began at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Elmira, Ontario in 1974 in conjunction with the US-based Lutheran Braille…
CLMS supports LCC missions in 2014
EDMONTON — The Board of Directors of the Concordia Lutheran Mission Society (CLMS) met January 30-February 2 in Edmonton to plan for the coming year. The major focus of the meeting was on selecting mission projects CLMS would commit to support throughout 2014. President Cliff…
Nicaragua celebrates the graduation of 29 new church workers
NICARAGUA – On January 25, the Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (ILSN) celebrated the graduation of 29 new church workers from the Seminario Teologico Reforma Luterana in Chinendega. In total, 17 deaconesses and 12 pastoral students received their diplomas. The deaconesses will now begin a…
Visiting Honduras
HONDURAS – Following the recent Fourth Convention of the Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (ILSN), President Robert Bugbee of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) flew to neighbouring Honduras to visit sites where the Nicaraguan church hopes to expand its outreach. The ILSN has had a missionary pastor,…
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