Category: Mission News
New preaching station in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX – St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Halifax has announced they are starting a new preaching station in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. The first service is scheduled for May 1 at 7:00 p.m., and will be held at St. Mark’s Chapel, the Protestant…
Stewardship in Southeast Asia: Abundance in the Lord’s storehouse
by Leonardo Neitzel The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cambodia (ELCC) is aware of local financial challenges which might arise if it continues to rely solely on external funding for its mission and ministry. ELCC’s President, Rev. Vannarith Chhim, and several of the church’s pastors and…
LCC hosts CLWR board meeting
WINNIPEG – Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) met March 14-16 at Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) office in Winnipeg for the biannual meeting of its Board of Directors. “Canadian Lutheran World Relief does important work in relief and development around the world,” said LCC’s President Robert Bugbee….
Lutheran Presence and Witness in Cambodia: Lord, let thy kingdom come
by Leonardo Neitzel The official language of Cambodia is Khmer; its religion, Buddhism. The country is still in recovery, in some ways, from Pol Pot’s massive killings of his own people in the 1970s. Today, the economy is in steady progress, and people seem very…
CLMS to raise more than $120,000 for missions in 2013
WINNIPEG – The Board of Directors of Concordia Lutheran Mission Society (CLMS) met February 7-9 in Winnipeg to plan for the coming year. A major topic of discussion was what mission projects CLMS would commit to support over 2013. “As our society met this year,”…
Celebrating Christmas twice: Ukraine’s story
UKRAINE – This past December 25 was, as it is every year, a day of rejoicing for Christians around the world as they celebrated the birth of Christ the Saviour. But in Ukraine, the festivities came twice: once on December 25 and again on January…
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