Internet radio hopes to cure a blind spot

by James Morgan 

Rev. Jamie Kriger at work at the microphone.

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 the official launch. 

The new radio station promises a broad format of news, commentary, music, features, and Bible study. Currently, the test broadcast runs announcements of Lutheran Radio UK’s future programming along with traditional and contemporary Christian music. 

Lutheran Radio UK is the project of Rev. Jamie Kriger, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church inPetts Wood,Kent, a congregation of Lutheran Church–Canada’s partner church, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE), which is also funding the station. 

Paul Hill, an elder of the congregation is in charge of news broadcasts and promotions for the station and brings considerable experience to the project. For 37 years, he was Foreign Desk Manager of the respected London newspaper, The Daily Telegraph. “We are very excited about this and want to raise the profile of Lutherans in the UK particularly, and in the world generally,” says Mr. Hill, adding “we wish to spread the good news of Christ to as many people as we can using the new technology available today.”

A news release explains how there is a “massive blind spot” in Britain when it comes to knowledge of Lutheran Christianity and Lutheran Radio UK hopes to “shed some light on and encourage people to share the Lutheran message, teaching, and Gospel.” 

Owners of other Lutheran websites can link to Lutheran Radio UK by contacting the station and reaching a mutual agreement. 

To listen to the test broadcast of Lutheran Radio UK, download the free WINAMP media player at www.winamp.com and log on to  www.lutheranradio.co.uk. The website is still under development but the test broadcast is available.

Here is an article from the British Lutheran about the radio outreach.

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