Category: International News

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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August 24, 2009

Confessional Lutherans set to meet in Korea

WINNIPEG – President Robert Bugbee and his wife, Gail, left today (August 24) to attend the 2009 world conference of the International Lutheran Council (ILC) in Seoul, Korea. This is the president’s first ILC gathering since his election as president of Lutheran Church–Canada in 2008….

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July 2, 2009

Auxiliary names new executive director

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – After prayerful consideration, the Board of Governors for the International Lutheran Laymen’s League has selected Bruce Wurdeman as the new Executive Director for Lutheran Hour Ministries. Wurdeman, who currently serves as LHM’s Director of United States Ministries, will take the reins…

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June 2, 2009

Fishers of Fish

On June 1, Lutheran Hour Ministries’ Men’s NetWork will kick off its First Annual Men’s NetWork North American Fishing Tournament. The contest is open to all guys in the United States and Canada who wet lines in fresh water. There are ten categories of fish…

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