Receiving and Handing on the Deposit of Faith — Reformation Day 2026

by Juhana Pohjola Paul receives a scroll from Christ. Detail from sarcophagus in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe (c. 400-700) . Photo via: Richard Stracke, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. “Follow the pattern of sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love...

Editorial team of the Augustana Working Group meets in Germany

Father Dr. Augustinus Sander (Vatican/Maria Laach), Prof. Dr. Werner Klän (Lübeck), Bishop Dr. Juhana Pohjola (Helsinki), Archbishop Stephan Burger (Freiburg), Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Peter Birkhofer (Freiburg), Rev. Dr. Sebastian Grünbaum (Kuopio). GERMANY – From...

Bolivian Lutherans reelect president

ICEL President Limberth Fernández Coronado at the church's 14th National Convention. BOLIVIA – The Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia (Iglesia Cristiana Evangélica Luterana de Bolivia – ICEL) held its 14th National Convention from September 11-13 in...

ILC receives four churches as Voting Members

USA – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) held an Extraordinary Assembly on July 20 in Phoenix, Arizona, during which time the ILC accepted four church bodies as Voting Members. Two of the Voting Member churches are from Africa (Burundi and Rwanda) and two are...

LCC President joins ILC Board of Directors

LCC President David Haberstock. WORLD – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) new President, Rev. David Haberstock, has been elected to serve as the ILC’s new North American regional representative, following the departure of outgoing LCC President, Rev. Dr. Timothy...

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The International Lutheran Council is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran church bodies and groups which proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ on the basis of an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God and to the Lutheran Confessions contained in the Book of Concord as the true and faithful exposition of the Word of God. The ILC exists for the purpose of encouraging, strengthening, and promoting confessional Lutheran theology and practice centering in Jesus Christ, both among its members and throughout the world.

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