Category: Mission News
Church workers gather to gain deeper understanding of Lutheranism
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Since forming as a church body in 2009 and installing its first bishop earlier this year, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia (ELCC) continues developing its Lutheran identity. Church workers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia gathered to learn Lutheran…
Medical care and Gospel witness in Nicaragua
CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua– Since its beginning, the medical clinic of Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua (ILSN) has provided a special opportunity for the church to care for the peoples’ physical needs as well as for Gospel witness. I have met former patients and heard stories of people who came…
Mission society responds to world needs
An auxiliary organization of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is still at work despite a significant decrease in donations. Terry Goerz, president of Concordia Lutheran Mission Society (CLMS) believes donor fatigue could be a factor in the decline of funding. Despite its financial situation, CLMS has just…
Victoria congregation provides pastor training in Mozambique
KAPASSENI, Mozambique – Eight local candidates for the Lutheran ministry finished their first training session in a remote region of Mozambique thanks to fundraising and organizing efforts of a Vancouver Island Lutheran Church–Canada congregation. The 32-module extension course came from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil,…
Work in Nicaragua wrapping up for former president
“This will probably be my last three-month stint in Nicaragua,” announced Rev. Dr. Ralph Mayan, president emeritus of Lutheran Church–Canada. Since retiring from the presidency in September 2008, Dr. Mayan has spent each fall and winter in the Central American country working with Iglesia Luterana Sinodo de Nicaragua…
Nicaraguan church convention welcomes LCC president
CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua – The second convention of Iglesia Luterana Sinodo de Nicaragua began January 23 with 43 delegates registered representing the 23 congregations that joined together two years ago to form this Synod. Representing Lutheran Church–Canada were President Robert Bugbee, Rev. Dr. Leonardo Neitzel, mission executive and volunteer…
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