URUGUAY – Rev. Christian Hoffmann has taken on the responsibility of leadership in the Lutheran Church of Uruguay (Iglesia Luterana del Uruguay – ILU).
The ILU’s previous Principal Pastor, Rev. André Luiz Müller, has accepted a call to serve a congregation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil – IELB) as well as a position with Global Lutheran Outreach. With Rev. Muller’s departure, the ILU’s leadership and legal representation passes to the church’s sole remaining pastor, Rev. Hoffmann.
Rev. Hoffmann has served 28 years in Montevideo, first as pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church and then as chaplain of the congregation’s associated school. In addition to Montevideo, the ILU has preaching centres in Chapicuy (with its own church building), Salto (a parsonage with worship space), and Costa de Oro (with services held in members’ homes). At present, Rev. Hoffmann is the sole pastor serving the entire Lutheran Church of Uruguay.
The ILU is currently seeking to call a pastor for the Montevideo congregation—which is marking 87 years since its founding— as well as selecting candidates for the church’s preaching centres. St. Paul School in Montevideo is also seeking missionary pastors and laypeople for evangelist work in such areas as music, bilingual education, and sports.
The Lutheran Church of Uruguay is a member of the International Lutheran Council (ILC), a global association of confessional Lutheran church bodies dedicated to the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, grounded in the authority of Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.
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