Category: International News
Manitoba government supports Lutheran relief work in Kenya
Registering at the Dadaab relief camp A $100,000 grant from the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation will help Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) provide increased support to people in the largest refugee camp in the world. Dadaab, in south-eastern Kenya, hosts 465,000 refugees,…
Lutherans in Cambodia seek Canada’s assistance
by James Morgan Our Cambodian Lutheran brothers and sisters in Christ need our help. Severe flooding in recent months has affected over 90,000 families and killed 148 people in the Southeast Asian country, destroying 63,000 homes and 170,000 hectares of agricultural land. Rev. Vanarith Chhim,…
Internet radio hopes to cure a blind spot
by James Morgan Lutherans in England plan to raise the profile of Lutheranism around the world with an Internet-based radio station. Lutheran Radio UK will launch in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2012. It is already running a test broadcast through its website in anticipation of…
Noted French Lutheran theologian was friend of LCC
A vibrant voice for Lutheranism in the French-speaking world is now silent. Rev. Dr. Wilbert Kreiss, former president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church–Synod of France and Belgium, was attending a conference of the Lutheran Heritage Foundation in Africa and died in his sleep October 24….
Personal accounts from drought-stricken Africa
Canadian Lutheran World Relief Executive Director Robert Granke and Community Relations Director Tom Brook are concluding a visit to Ethiopia where they have witnessed the benefit support from Lutherans in Canada is having on Ethiopians affected by drought, specifically the food distribution and work-for-food projects CLWR leads in the…
Southeast Asia floods affect Lutheran churches
by James Morgan Heavy monsoon rains and typhoons in Southeast Asia have led to devastating floods in recent weeks. According to news reports, as of October 11, the flooding has affected 2.5 million people and at least 500 people are dead in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and…
LCC Facebook
LCC Twitter
LCC Instagram