Category: National News

August 20, 2024

LCC holds AGM, releases Annual Report

ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)  held its Annual General Meeting online on June 13, 2024. In addition to regular work, like the reception of audited financial statements and the auditor’s report, the meeting also saw the release of a new Annual Report which provides a…

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August 13, 2024

LCC and LCMS hold pastoral conference, Koinonia meeting

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – From June 24-26, about forty pastors from Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) gathered for a joint pastoral conference, daily services, and an Annual Koinonia Coordination Meeting (AKCM) at the Mount Carmel Retreat and Conference Centre in Niagara…

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June 19, 2024

LWMLC reaches three-year mission grant goal

CANADA – Every three years, the women of Lutheran Women’s Missionary League–Canada (LWMLC) set a goal and select recipients for their mission giving over the following three years. At the end of the most recent triennium, all mission grant goals selected in 2021 were completed—a…

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June 11, 2024

Speakers for 2025 National Youth Gathering announced

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) 2025 National Youth Gathering (NYG) committee is excited to announce the co-main speakers for the gathering will be Rev. Dr. Robert Bugbee and Jennifer Kerr (MAMFT, CAMFT-A), who have both been involved in previous NYGs in different roles. The returning…

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May 27, 2024

LCC seminaries announce first calls, placements

CANADA – This past weekend, Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines, Ontario) held their convocation and call services, during which time they announced first calls for graduating pastors, as well as vicarage and diaconal internship placements….

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May 14, 2024

Walter Heinemann, former chair of LCC’s BOD, enters into glory

REGINA – Walter Gustav Heinemann, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), was called to be with his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, on April 18, 2024 with his loving family by his side. He was 92 years old. Born on…

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