New bishop for Lutheran Church in Southern Africa

Participants in the LCSA's 2024 General Synod. LCSA Bishop Elect Sithole. SOUTH AFRICA – The Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (LCSA) held its 21st General Synod from December 9-12, 2024, in White City, Jabavu, Soweto, during which time the church elected a new...

LLDP visits Concordia Publishing House, celebrates another graduate

LLDP participants at Concordia Publishing House. From left: Rev. Ambele Mwaipopo, retired Bishop of Lake Tanganyika Diocese (LTD), Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT); Rev. Fredirick Flores, Secretary of North Luzon Highland District, Lutheran Church of the...

Lutherans in the Philippines recovering from devastating typhoons

Church members gather for worship and support following typhoons in the Philippines. PHILIPPINES – The Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) continues to recover from devastating typhoons in late 2024. LCP members visit a congregation for support. Beginning in late...

Christmas Greetings: Proclaiming Peace on Earth

by Klaus Detlev Schulz As we move towards the season of Christmas, we are reminded anew how much this fallen world needs a Saviour. This Christmas, people across the globe face hardship and sorrow, war and division, sickness and suffering. And above all this, we face...

Meeting of the Augustana Working Group in Wittenberg

The Augustana Working Group held its second meeting at the International Lutheran Center at the Old Latin School in Wittenberg, Germany, in December 2024. GERMANY – The second meeting of the Concordia Lutheran-Catholic Augustana Working Group took place in Wittenberg,...
Thailand’s Lutherans celebrate 20 years

Thailand’s Lutherans celebrate 20 years

The organizers of TCLC’s anniversary convention. Photo: LCC/David Friesen. THAILAND – In October 2024, Thailand Concordia Lutheran Church (TCLC) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special conference spread over three locations: from October 8-9 in Bangkok, from...

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