Category: National News
LCC website using new domain name
ONLINE – Users of Lutheran Church–Canada’s website may notice a minor change as LCC incorporates a new domain name to resolve an issue that caused a technical conflict between the website’s original domain name and the server used in the Winnipeg office. The Committee for…
CLS calls for Honourary Award nominations
EDMONTON – Do you know someone who has given greatly of themselves in service to the Church? This could be a dedicated pastor, deacon, or layperson who has done much for the Kingdom of God. In order to honor those who have been such dedicated…
Guinness World Records 2020 features LCC pastor
CANADA – The 2020 edition of Guinness World Records is out now, and one of those featured prominently is Lutheran Church–Canada’s own Rev. Dr. Kevin Fast. Dr. Fast was one of the record-holders present during a Canadian launch of the book in Toronto on September…
ABC District and officers settle with ASC
CANADA – On September 12, 2019, the Alberta Securities Commission reported that it has concluded a Settlement Agreement with the Alberta-British Columbia District and others regarding its former Church Extension Fund and District Investments Ltd. programs. The programs collapsed in early 2015. “In the Settlement…
LCC meeting with Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome
ROME – Rev. Nolan Astley, Senior Pastor at Holy Cross (Kitchener, Ontario) and former First Vice-President of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), recently visited Rome for meetings with the Roman Catholic Church’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) on August 21, 2019. The meetings were an…
400 Years of Lutheran Worship in North America: Rasmus Jensen’s Story
by Mathew Block On September 7, 1619, a ship from Denmark captained by Jens Munk arrived in Hudson Bay, landing in the area that would later be known as Churchill, Manitoba. A companion ship arrived two days later on September 9. They had been seeking…