Category: International News
Ukrainian Seminary damaged in recent strikes
UKRAINE – The seminary of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU) in Odessa was damaged during recent missile strikes on the city. “We recently received heart wrenching news and pictures from our missionary in Ukraine, Rev. Olexsiy Navrotskyy,” noted Rev. Mark L….
German pastor reflects on Christian witness in a dictatorship
by Wilhelm Torgerson GERMANY – At the invitation of the Ursula-Schule, a Roman Catholic High School in the city of Osnabrück in northern Germany, Rev. Hartmut Bartmuss of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK) presented on his life and pastoral service under the communist regime…
LCC contributors to Festschrift honouring former ILC Chairman, Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt
INTERNATIONAL – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) has announced that its former Chairman, Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche – SELK), was honoured with a Festschrift to mark his 60th birthday. The Festschrift was presented to Bishop Voigt in…
LCC’s Ecumenical Dialogues
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is currently involved in three inter-denominational dialogues: with the Roman Catholic Church in Canada, with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), and with the North American Lutheran Church (NALC). Each of these dialogues meets once or twice a year. …
LCC urges prayer amid earthquake devastation in Turkey and Syria
[Editor’s Note: This article includes numbers from early reports. As of February 9, 2023, CLWR reports that the death toll from this tragedy has risen dramatically to over 20,000 and is climbing by thousands daily.] Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is urging its members to lift up…
Celebrating Christmas in War-Torn Ukraine
UKRAINE – The local Odessa congregation of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ukraine (SELCU) welcomed many visitors to worship in its chapel for Christmas. The festival day brought many people to “Christmas markets” in this southern Ukrainian metropolis on the Black Sea, and…
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