The Rev. Dr. Edward O. Grimenstein was installed as director, Missionary Services, for the LCMS Office of International Mission (OIM) during a Nov. 8, matins service at the Synod’s International Center in St. Louis. OIM Executive Director Rev. Randall L. Golter installed Grimenstein and officiated at the service. Grimenstein, former manager of Disaster Response for [...]
Thursday, August 23, 2012
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A new video is now available that pays tribute to the men and women of the U.S. military and those who minister to them, including Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) chaplains. The 15-minute minute video, titled “Those Who Serve,” highlights LCMS chaplains and the troops with whom they live and work. It explains how the LCMS [...]
Friday, July 13, 2012
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Representatives of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession (known by the Czech acronym ECAV) in the Czech Republic signed a “working agreement” July 11 that pledges continuing dialogue between the two church bodies and allows the LCMS to operate an English-speaking congregation in Prague – St. Michael’s Lutheran Church. The [...]
Friday, March 9, 2012
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Since the deadly March 11, 2011, earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) has been working with Japanese Lutheran partners on a long-term response to help ease suffering. The 9.0 magnitude quake triggered a tsunami that killed 16,000 people and left hundreds of thousands of survivors homeless. The tsunami also [...]
Friday, December 30, 2011
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A new video from the LCMS Office of International Mission shows how a $25,000 emergency grant from LCMS World Relief and Human Care is being used to help survivors of severe flooding on the Philippine island of Mindanao caused by a Dec. 17 tropical storm. The flooding affected more than 120,000 people, many of whom [...]
Thursday, September 15, 2011
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Meet students, staff and teachers at Concordia International School Hanoi on its first day of school–Aug. 24, 2011.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
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GEO missionaries are globally engaged in outreach and typically serve for terms of 1-2 years. GEO missionaries are new college grads and retirees. GEO missionaries focus on relationship ministry, often through English-as-a-foreign-language classes, but also through HIV education, homeschooling…
Monday, February 7, 2011
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Meet the team of GEO (globally engaged in outreach) missionaries who have been sent by LCMS World Mission to serve in Taiwan. These missionaries work at Concordia Middle School and Concordia English Language Academy, teaching English and Bible while also building relationships with the students…
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thirty years after the split in The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP), the church leaders are looking towards the future with hope of reconciliation and continuing to find ways to spread the Gospel. Watch this video to hear specific prayer requests…
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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In 1946, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) sent missionaries to the Philippines for the first time. The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) is striving to look beyond their own congregations and share the Gospel throughout the Philippines by training pastors, lay leaders…
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Monday, November 12, 2012
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