Category: International News

November 2, 2009

Pray for persecuted Christians November 8

WINNIPEG – Thousands of Canadian Christians will participate in the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church Sunday, November 8. Just download a free kit – including a video and prayer materials at www.idop.ca. According to International Day of Prayer Canada (IDOP Canada), more…

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October 31, 2009

Haitians grateful for Canadian assistance

Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) in Canada has been playing a big part in getting clothes, shoes and bedding items to the Haitian people. Earlier this month another 40-foot container arrived in Gonaives. The church there expects to begin distributing clothes and shoes to about…

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October 3, 2009

Canadian Lutheran World Relief seeks relief funds for Southeast Asia

Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) is appealing to Canadians for financial support for relief operations in the aftermath of multiple natural disasters that have struck Southeast Asia in the past week. The agency is working in partnership with other members of the ACT International alliance…

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September 4, 2009

International Lutheran organization issues statement on same-sex relationships

Same-Gender Relationships and the Church A Statement from the International Lutheran Council Recent years have brought confusion and discord to churches in various parts of the world—including Lutheran churches—as some church bodies have adopted resolutions stating that sexually active, same-gender relationships are an acceptable way…

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September 4, 2009

Start 2010 by walking the streets of Jerusalem

Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) is offering a Global Encounter experience this coming January in Israel and Palestine. Participants will interact with CLWR partners in the region, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, and experience…

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September 1, 2009

Canadians play an active part in international convention

In his greetings to the Int’l Lutheran Laymen’s League (LLL) convention in Greensboro, North Carolina in July, LCC President, Rev. Robert Bugbee shared how the LLL’s radio program The Lutheran Hour had nourished him in his faith during his college years when that faith was…

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