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Photo of the Week
Sunday School workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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From long-term missionary Matthew Fick in Taiwan
“I love the kids that come to Friday Night Bible Study (FNBS). I really get to know them on a deeper level than I would if we were in a regular class. Many students that go to FNBS are from Concordia, so I know them a little bit from seeing them on campus. Stanley has [...]
From Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots U.S. in Neah Bay, Wash.
Rosemary Sternbeck serves on the LAMP U.S. ministry staff in Neah Bay, Wash. She writes, “The Morning Star Girls Club had many plans and goals set to be completed by the end of the school year. One major goal was to put on a mother-daughter tea. A conference room was rented. Invitations were made and [...]
From Claude and Rhoda Houge, on assignment in Ethiopia
“The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) is made up of almost five million members. Their church is divided into synods, or districts. This was Claude’s first visit to the headquarters of the Central Ethiopian Synod, the largest one. He was also able to see classes in session at Hope of Life Training Center, where [...]
From Glenn and Susan Fluegge in Togo
“How do we better train pastors for the African Lutheran churches in the 21st century? A major part of responding to that question involves a serious study of current courses—how they should be changed and improved to produce within the students the theological aptitude of a servant of the Word.
“I [Glenn] had the privilege [...]
From long-term missionary Ashley Effken in the Czech Republic
“The beginners’ English class on Monday night was packed, with people from our church and people I’d never seen before. There were around 30 faces staring at me when I walked into the classroom. The next day, the two conversation classes had a much higher-than-normal attendance level, and on Wednesday-when I started my first-ever intermediate [...]
I Found It! - Video
John and Doris Bowerman share about their experience serving as long-term missionaries at Concordia English Center in Macau.
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Photo of the week
EIIT graduating class of 2008.
Left to right: Bottom row: Rev. John Loum, Gemedo Adema, Haro Galgalo, Lang Yang, Asaph James, Elijah Ndon, Elamin Baggor. Top Row: Bafel Deng, Simon Dup, Ebenezer Mallepalle, Lumembo Tshiswaka, George Jock, Matthew Both
The Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology (EIIT) is a distance-education pastoral and deaconess training program for immigrants sponsored by [...]
From long-term missionary Mark Wolfram in Taiwan
“I would like to also share a praise item from an out-of-school fellowship. Two weeks ago, we kicked off another year of OSF (On-Campus Student Fellowship). This is for the students who live at school and it is a chance for them to sing songs, learn about Jesus, and spend some [...]
From Jon and Julie Muhly in Russia
Part of the 19th century Lutheran movement in the United States entailed a group of German evangelists known as the ‘Sendlinge.’ Under the leadership of Wilhelm Loehe, a pastor from the small Bavarian town of Neuendettelsau, these Germans were sent to North America to help form religious communities among settlers, [...]
