The LCMS continues to face a dire need to recruit church workers, including missionaries — a topic of concern addressed by the Board for International Mission (BIM) at its meeting here Feb. 8-9. “We have a wonderfully large opportunity to recruit pastors and lay missionaries,” the Rev. Randall L. Golter, the new executive director of [...]
Friday, January 25, 2013
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The Rev. Dr. David Birner, a longtime LCMS missionary and mission executive, plans to begin work Feb. 18 as executive director of International Education at Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wis. Since October, Birner, 61, has served as associate executive director for Administration, Planning and Operations with the Synod’s Office of International Mission (OIM). Prior to [...]
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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The Rev. Randall L. Golter of Highlands Ranch, Colo., has accepted a call to serve as the first executive director of the LCMS Office of International Mission. He plans to begin work in the post Oct. 25, when he will be installed at the International Center in St. Louis. Golter, 57, is former president of [...]
Monday, October 1, 2012
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Of the 165 positions and requests for LCMS missionaries available worldwide this year, only about half have been filled, according to the Rev. Dr. David Birner, interim executive director of the Synod’s Office of International Mission. That total includes 101 positions for GEO (Globally Engaged in Outreach, serving one- to two-year terms) missionaries, with only [...]
Thursday, June 28, 2012
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Photo: The new LCMS career and GEO missionaries at New Missionary Orientation 2012 gathered in the lobby of the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, in front of the “Great Commission” moasic by artist David von Behren of El Cajon, Calif. It is made from almost 1,600 pieces of 16 varieties of wood found throughout the [...]
Monday, June 18, 2012
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Pictured above: From left to right: Concordia Seminary students Arturo Maita, Venezuela; Esdras Orozco, Guatemala; and Vladimir Mendoza Saravia, Bolivia, celebrate the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina seminary’s 70th anniversary on May 1, 2012. Download the July 2012 Pray for Us calendar, which provides specific prayer requests for LCMS short-term teams, including short-term mission teams [...]
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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Photo: Mauri, Wuendy and their three children on Easter Sunday–the day of the children’s Baptism, Mauri’s confirmation and Mauri and Wuendy’s wedding. This update was shared by the Rev. Walter and Ana Ries, who serve as missionaries in the Dominican Republic through a partnership with the LCMS and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil. “Easter [...]
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Photo: The Rev. Jose Pfaffenzeller, right, of Concordia Seminary, Argentina, faculty, communes the Rev. Egon Kopereck, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, during the school’s 70th anniversary service on May 1. Nearly 1,000 Lutherans gathered May 1 on the campus of Concordia Seminary in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to celebrate and thank God for [...]
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
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This update was shared by missionary Danelle Putnam, who serves in the Dominican Republic. Photo: Danelle (far left, back row) stands with Good Shepherd “aunts” and “uncles” along with their six residents. This past year, the Lord has given us not one, but six children who have been received into our home: Estefani, Francis, Randy, [...]
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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James and Christel Neuendorf share an update on the filming of “Chitachay,” a movie that will help communicate the Gospel to Peruvian audiences by using the story of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
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