Category: International News

February 7, 2011

Lutheran relief agency continues support for Haiti

WINNIPEG – A year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, Canadian Lutheran World Relief continued its support of the Caribbean county by sending a fully-loaded 40-foot shipping container. The January 21 shipment contained everything from quilts to medical equipment and 2000 We Care bags. The supplies…

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February 3, 2011

Australian cyclone aftermath

 “Thanks be to God” – Yasi takes no lives by Linda Macqueen With thanks to God, the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) rejoices that no lives were lost in the greatly feared Category 5 tropical cyclone Yasi, which crossed the coast around midnight last night….

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February 1, 2011

Australia braces for another natural disaster

ADELAIDE, Australia – An e-mail from Linda Macqueen, editor of The Lutheran, the magazine of the Lutheran Church of Australia, warns of another looming natural disaster for the northeast part of the country, Cyclone Yasi. She writes: “Even those of us far from the direct…

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January 24, 2011

Iranian Christians suffering for Christ

Mass arrests, physical abuse, death and rape threats are part of the defensive armoury unleashed by the Islamic Republic of Iran against a growing Christian church. Official government statements as well as local church leaders suggest there are now more than one million Christians in…

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January 21, 2011

The Lutheran Hour names new speaker

Lutheran Hour Ministries has announced that Rev. Gregory P. Seltz of Orange, California, will become speaker of The Lutheran Hour® radio program. He succeeds Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus, who retired from full-time duties at the end of 2010 after serving in the speaker’s role since…

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January 20, 2011

Members of Brazilian sister synod help flood victims

by Keven Drews Brazilian Lutherans affiliated with Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have escaped one of the country’s worst floods on record with their lives, say several pastors. Earlier this month, summer storms dumped rain on the mountain region of Rio de Janeiro, causing landslides and floods…

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