Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania South East of Lake Victoria Diocese celebrated the second graduation of students from Bishop Makala Training Center on March 12th in collaboration with Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne on March 12th. Seventeen pastors were ordained in the ceremony held in Ebenezer Lutheran Church Cathedral in Shinyanga. This includes three pastors […]
Missions
Lutheran Church in Madagascar – part 2
Interior Painting of LIME, Madagascar Continued from March Encourager 2017 An update from Joseph, Lutherans in Madagascar, and how the District continue to make an IMPACT. The Lord be with you! I have sent you 9 sets of pictures concerning the interior painting of LIME. This was done because of you and of your team. […]
Brighter Future
A Bible versus that always leaps out to me and stays on my heart is Matthew 19:14 when Jesus is telling the disciples to “let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” We have a large responsibility to be sure every child has […]
Lutheran Church in Madagascar
Rev. Joseph Randianasolo, a pastor with the Lutheran Church in Madagascar, has an established relationship with the Mid-South District of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The District has helped with the Lutheran Institute of Managerial Enterprise (LIME) in Madagascar of the past four years directly. Prior to that time, there has been support for building churches, […]
Gatlinburg fires – update
In the weeks following the Gatlinburg fires, I was regularly answering the questions “What can I do?” “How can I help?” The care and concern for neighbors in need was a wonderful thing to see in the light of such grief. We, as a congregation, have found a number of ways to plug into the […]
Lutheran Schools Take Time to Reach Out
Last month’s Lutheran Schools week was certainly full of fun and celebration for our many education ministries across the Mid-South District. But the week also provided a great opportunity for Lutheran school students to reach out in service, with Christ’s love. At Holy Trinity Lutheran School (Bowling Green, KY), the first and second grade classes […]
“The Great Imperative”
Do you have a seat in President Trump’s Cabinet? Probably not. But, Matthew’s Gospel closes with what most of Christianity calls the Great Commission because it speaks of imperatives – commands of Christ. There aren’t two commands, but one: to make disciples. But, most of our church body focuses on the command without remembering where […]
Outreach – Matthew 28:16-20
Jesus’ final words leave us with an instruction to make disciples of all the nations. He let His followers know that all authority on heaven and on earth is His and that He is always with us. What great news this is! It fills my heart with peace and excitement for what God is doing […]
Mid-South District LCMS Tanzania Mission Trip 2017
We are making plans to make a mission trip to Tanzania, located in East Africa, below the equator on the Indian Ocean. Tanzania is one of the most stable and peaceful countries in Africa. It is a little larger than Texas with a few more people than California. This year’s trip will be to visit […]
Report on my pastoral visit to the refugee camps in Uganda
Narrative report I left Kitale Kenya on the 17th for Kampala to join the Lutheran Media Ministry Uganda (LMMU) team and Rev. James Odoo from the Lutheran Church of Uganda (LCU) to go with me to the refugee camps in Adjumani area northern Uganda. On the 19th December I left Kampala for northern Ugandan, heading […]
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