Leaders of six Lutheran church bodies, three seminaries and five Bible institutes gathered with over 40 other theologians and church workers at the Concordia The Reformer Mercy Center and Seminary in Santiago, Dominican Republic. In Kenya, Britt Odemba is celebrating five years of service as an LCMS career missionary.
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Photo essay: Powerful Moments — A Year in Review
Nine photos taken during 2016 illustrate how God has been at work worldwide through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
New BIM members learn scope of international work
“I give thanks to God that I’m able to be a part of it,” said new LCMS Board for International Mission member Rev. Roberto Rojas at the board’s first meeting of the new triennium.
Photo essay: Extending Mercy in Kenya
The first LCMS Mercy Medical Team in Lodwar, Kenya, treats 1,861 people over five days in June.
Project goal: providing computers for kids in Kenya
The “crowdfunding” project is accepting donations of $1 or more through Sept. 16.
‘Crowdfunding’ project aims to provide books for kids in Kenya
There are just two weeks left to raise the remaining $1,023 for the “Christ’s Care for Children: Libraries in Kenya” project.
KFUO Audio: Interview about LCMS Mercy Medical Teams
KFUO Radio host Andy Bates talks with Tracy Quaethem and volunteers about LCMS Mercy Medical Teams. Quaethem, of LCMS Life and Health Ministries, shares details about the program, and past participants share personal stories from serving in Madagascar, Kenya and other underserved regions.
Synod, Kenya Lutherans fight hunger, share Gospel
U.S. and Kenyan Lutherans work together to distribute food and share the Gospel among more than 500 families in drought-stricken northern Kenya.
COP applies ‘Koinonia Project’ to church issues
The LCMS Council of Presidents divides into groups to work through such issues each time it meets, until April 2015.