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Missionary’s photo album shows typical week serving in South Africa

Monday, March 4, 2013

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Children excited about their first day of school; spying a monkey in a tree; eating fresh mangoes; making amaquinas — deep-fried donuts — at a local “tuck shop,” or grocery; distributing school uniforms and shoes to students; painting a home; visiting neighbors; teaching Bible stories to young children. LCMS Missionary Ginger Taff-Lagergren shares those scenes [...]

Needed: ‘Full-court press’ on missionary recruitment

Thursday, February 28, 2013

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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 [...]

March 1 is order deadline for ‘Armed Forces Sunday’

Thursday, February 14, 2013

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LCMS congregations with email addresses should have received an email in late January from the Synod’s Ministry to the Armed Forces regarding “Armed Forces Sunday” on May 19. The email is intended to let congregations know that if they want free resources to celebrate the special Sunday in May, they must place their orders no [...]

Birner accepts post at Concordia Wisconsin

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 [...]

Missionaries, children welcome retreat with others ‘who understand’

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

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Swimming in the pool. Eating yummy Thai food. Being with Dad, who travels to other countries for work. Those are some things Emma Hanson, 12-year-old daughter of LCMS career missionaries Rev. Carl and Chenhsi Hanson, says she liked about the retreat for LCMS missionary families serving in Asia. But best of all was spending time [...]

Disaster-response training in Asia Pacific helpful, say partner-church reps

Friday, December 7, 2012

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“Mercy in Action” was the theme as more than 50 participants from nine countries attended the disaster-response training conference for The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s Asia Pacific region Nov. 27-29 in Hong Kong. The trainees came representing LCMS partner churches and partner ministries in Taiwan, Japan, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and Hong [...]

Partner News: LHM announces 2013 outreach conferences

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

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Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) is planning eight Regional Outreach Conferences for 2013. The conferences are designed to inspire, energize and equip attendees to share God’s love, nurture their families and witness to the community. Through presentations, hands-on witnessing opportunities and small- and large-group discussions, the conferences are intended to teach attendees how to share and [...]

Give thanks: Convention vote reunites Philippine partner church

Monday, November 19, 2012

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The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) — a partner church with the LCMS — is reunited, after being separated into two distinct factions for more than two decades. Reunification came Oct. 26 in a vote of delegates from both groups to the church body’s joint convention Oct. 23-26 in Antipolo City, Rizal, the Philippines. [...]

Congrats: Freitag to receive Silver St. Martin of Tours Medal

Friday, November 16, 2012

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Merle Freitag of Wildwood, Mo., former president of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF), has been selected to receive the Silver St. Martin of Tours Medal from the LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces Committee and the Office of International Mission. The award will be presented to Freitag during next summer’s LCMS national convention, July [...]

Grimenstein is director, Missionary Services

Monday, November 12, 2012

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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 [...]

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