Category: International News
LCC and LCMS staff meet in Winnipeg to coordinate on Central America missions
WINNIPEG – In late March, representatives of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) met together in Winnipeg to discuss plans for continued Gospel outreach in Central America. 2014 saw the LCMS and LCC, along with the Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (ILSN),…
LCC and CLWR issue appeal for Nepal relief
NEPAL – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) and Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) have issued an appeal for financial donations to support earthquake relief in Nepal. The Government of Canada will be matching donations made for earthquake relief in Nepal until May 25. A massive 7.8 magnitude…
International Conference Address the Challenges of “Post-Christian” Society
GERMANY – Following an invitation from the Commission on Theology (CT) of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (SELK), representatives of various commissions on theology from Lutheran churches in Europe and North America met in Oberursel, Germany March 4-5, 2015. This meeting served the…
CLTS to welcome Finnish scholar for 2015-2016
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) has announced that they will be hosting a visiting scholar during the 2015-2016 academic year in St. Catharines. Rev. Esko Murto, of Helsinki, Finland will be joining the seminary community during that year. This is the…
Joy over continued growth in the Cambodian church
CAMBODIA – Leaders of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) visited Cambodia March 5-8 to strengthen LCC’s relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia (ELCC), rejoicing over the continued growth and maturing of the young church body. LCC President Robert Bugbee and synodical mission director Leonardo Neitzel…
The Martyrs’ Message
by Mathew Block On February 15, Christians around the world shuddered as news of the Islamic State’s most recent atrocity was publicized. The terrorist organization released a video that day in which they beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians en masse. “Their only words were ‘Jesus,…
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