“For the second time in recent months, I was blessed to visit Honduras, March 8-12, and spend valuable time with Tulio Mejia and his family. Tulio aspires to become a Lutheran pastor and has begun his theological and practical training.
“My Tuesday night class is a Level One conversation class with eight students. One of my students, Phud, is a young man whose sister has studied at our center and learned much about the Christian faith. Phud has also studied with me many times.
“It is great to see how much compassion there is for children who have been orphaned in the community. It is encouraging to know that the programs we are developing will hopefully be replicated in other areas in southern Africa to address the real physical and spiritual needs of the people here. This month sped [...]
The April 2010 edition of Harvest News is now available online. This edition features outreach ministries in Jamaica, the Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology, and an update on relief efforts in Chile and Haiti.
Concordia International School Shanghai is pleased to announce that Mrs. Krista F. Nagy will assume the position of elementary school principal, beginning with the 2010-2011 school year. Mrs. Nagy is well-versed in the needs of the 21st-century learner and is a very experienced instructional leader.
Attention all members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Your vote can help raise vital funds for LCMS global ministries! As a member of Thrivent Financial you are eligible to vote online to help Thrivent distribute $1 million among 10 nationwide Lutheran and non-Lutheran charities.
Kyrgyz Lutheran partners and LCMS missionaries are safe following the outbreak of large-scale protests in early April in Kyrgyzstan-a small Central Asia nation that was formerly part of the Soviet Union.Other LCMS workers usually based in the area were either out of the country at the time the protests broke out or serving in an area untouched by the violence.
The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) is pleased to offer a new resource for faith sharing. Faith Talk is an interactive faith-sharing guide and outreach training program. Faith Talk leads participants through a process of recognizing personal opportunities for faith-sharing, effective listening, and celebrating the encounters which God provides. The goal of Faith Talk is [...]
Dr. Mike Rodewald serves the Lord as the regional director of Africa for LCMS World Mission. In this role, Mike works with missionaries and our partner churches throughout Africa. Listen as Mike discusses encouraging news from Africa and how you can become involved in mission work there.
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is pleased to announce that six Center for Hispanic Studies (CHS) students received vicarage assignments and two CHS deaconess students received internship assignments in the LCMS.
Friday, April 30, 2010
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