Category: International News

February 1, 2017

Nicaraguan women benefit from LWMLC mentorship

NICARAGUA – In 2014 under the guidance of Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Rev. Dr. Leonardo Neitzel, the Sister to Sister program was conceived. The vision of the Sister to Sister program is that members of Lutheran Women’s Missionary League–Canada (LWMLC) mentor and encourage the women of…

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January 27, 2017

Book of Concord available again in French

CANADA – For the first 400 years after its publication, the complete Book of Concord was unavailable in French. Finally in 1980 it was released not by or even necessarily for the Lutheran Church, but primarily as a document of academic and historical interest under…

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January 19, 2017

Reformation 2017: Praying for Christian Unity

WORLD – Christians around the world are recognizing the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which takes this year from January 18-25. The call for Christian unity takes on renewed significance in 2017, as this year marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Lutherans…

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January 5, 2017

Iranian and Afghan converts to Christianity face mass deportation from Germany; Pastor calls hearings “kangaroo courts”

GERMANY – While most Canadians celebrated the Christmas season in relative comfort, that wasn’t the case for all people across the world. In particular, one German pastor is raising the situation of Iranian and Afghan converts to Christianity living in Germany, who are facing mass…

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November 1, 2016

Remembering the Persecuted Church in Prayer

  by James Morgan Being a Christian and going to church is a pretty easy thing for Canadians to do—but for people in many other parts of the world, these can be dangerous acts. Persecuted Christians in many places face intimidation by government authorities, discrimination…

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October 25, 2016

World Seminaries Conference meets in Wittenberg

GERMANY – From October 11-13, the International Lutheran Council (ILC) held its Sixth World Seminaries Conference. Taking place in Wittenberg, Germany, the conference saw representatives from more than 30 ILC churches attend, with nearly 30 additional guests present representing other church bodies. Canadian participants included Rev. Dr….

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