LCC receives letter of thanks from SELCU Bishop

UKRAINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) President Timothy Teuscher received a letter from Bishop Alexander Yurchenko of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ukraine (SELCU) expressing gratitude to LCC for its ongoing partnership.

Yurchenko writes: “I would like to thank you for many years of friendship and cooperation with the SELCU, and the immense support that your Church provides to our Synod, and also, through us – to many thousands of disadvantaged Ukrainians, those who remain in the country, and those who were evacuated during the war.”

Yurchenko goes on to express gratitude for LCC’s support of our Missionary-at-Large and SELCU pastor, Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy, who is currently serving in Mykolayiv.

“I am very happy that pastor Oleksiy and the entire SELCU brotherhood have such faithful and sacrificial partners in you,” writes Yurchenko. “I hope and ask you to continue to support pastor Oleksiy and his family and the direction of their wonderful ministry in the future.”

LCC has had a longstanding presence in Ukraine since 1993 when pastors were sent to Lviv and to Dnipro to work with a student Christian group, Alpha and Omega (A&O). This partnership has since evolved into a relationship that includes theological education and preparation of pastors to serve SELCU congregations.

In cooperation with A&O and SELCU congregations, outreach efforts include work in orphanages, prisons, summer camps as well as through theological retreats. The Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Odessa continues its work with support from Lutheran Women’s Missionary League-Canada and Concordia Lutheran Mission Society.

The full letter from Bishop Yurchenko can be read Here.

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