Category: International News
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…
Australian flooding now hammers Victoria State
by Keven Drews Lutherans living in the south-eastern Australian state of Victoria are now dealing with the worst flooding in 15 years. Heavy rains and floodwaters, which devastated Queensland and New South Wales states in late December and early January, have now hit the country’s…
International Lutheran organization makes leadership changes
Stronger mutual understandings of doctrine, mission and charity among member churches of the International Lutheran Council (ILC) are some of the challenges identified by Rev. Hans-Jörg Voigt, new chairman of the confessional Lutheran association. Voigt is the bishop of Germany’s Selbständige Evangelisch–Lutherische Kirche (SELK), a…
Australian Lutherans respond to flood disaster; Canadians asked to pray
by Katherina Dueck As record breaking flood conditions continue across Queensland and northern New South Wales, Lutheran Church–Canada president, Rev. Dr. Robert Bugbee is asking for the prayers of Lutherans in Canada to “support our fellow Lutherans so far away.” Sections of the Lockyer Valley—located…
Lutherans in Canada rallied behind Haitians in 2010
By Keven Drews ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – It would be an understatement to say 2010 was a bad year for Haiti. An earthquake in January, an outbreak of typhoid fever in April and a cholera epidemic in October and November devastated the small Caribbean nation,…
Outreach conference ideal for snowbirds or winter getaway
If you are heading south over the winter or simply want to escape cold weather for a week, Lutheran Hour Ministries, in cooperation with the local LCMS district, is holding a Regional Outreach Conference (ROC) in the Phoenix, Arizona area. The two-day conference is packed…
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