Forty one new Pastors will be ordained in the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese of Tanzania on June 1,2024. Most of these men have received their Theological training at the Negezi Training center. Their education has been supported by the Mid-South District and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. God has truly blessed this program. Bishop […]
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Church Roofs for Tanzania
The Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD) of the Lutheran church of Tanzania has witnessed tremendous growth. When a new congregation is formed, the members purchase and clear the land, pour the foundation, make the bricks, and construct the walls for the new building. This is a labor of love by the members many of […]
Tanzania Mission Trip 2023
Church Planting is more than a word in the Southeast of Lake Victoria (SELVD) Lutheran Church of Tanzania, it is a priority. The SELVD area is in two large Governmental Regions, Shinyanga and Simiyu. Bishop Yohana Nzelu told me “We have a vision of reaching all wards in these two regions by 2025 and all […]
New Leadership Team for SELVD
On December 9th and 10th of 2022, the General Assembly met at Tumaini Bariadi Congregation and elected Reverend Dr. Yohana Ernest Nzelu to serve as Bishop of the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD) for a period of ten years. He had previously served as Assistant Bishop of the SELVD and as headmaster at Mwadui […]
Tanzania Albinism Project
The Mid-South District LCMS have been actively involved in outreach ministry in the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD) for close to 20 years. We have been involved in church planting and evangelism efforts, as well as raising money for church roofs. We have also assisted with several social ministries, one of which is children […]
2022 Tanzania Mission Trip
We are making plans for a team from the Mid-South District to return to Tanzania, Africa in May of 2022. We pray we will be able to communicate to the people of Tanzania the life-changing power of Jesus Christ in a practical and understanding way; to develop them into responsible, productive, successful Christians, and equip […]
Shinyanga Albino Ministry – Update
Tanzania, ELCT-SELVD (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania – Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese) Great news from Shaun Trump. Teams from the Mid-South District have been supporting ministry to the Albinos in the Shinyanga Region. This year during our visit to the Mwadui Lutheran Secondary School, the Head Master/Assistant Bishop Yohana Nzelu showed us 2 new […]
Tanzania Update
Dave Brown, member at Ascension Lutheran Madison, recently sent the attached pictures from our friend Pastor Timotheo Alfred from Emmau Lutheran Church in Lyalu Tanzania. Emmau Lutheran currently is worshiping over 170 each Sunday. Pastor Timotheo expressed his thanks to those in the Mid-South District who sent money to the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese […]
Join Us On A Mission Trip To Tanzania 2021
We are making plans for a mission trip to Tanzania from the Mid-South District in 2021. We have a Mission team from Christ the King Memphis who will be leaving Memphis at the end of May 2021 returning home on June 10 and a second team from the Nashville area who will be leaving on […]
God Continues to Work in Tanzania
On December 8, 2019, Agape Lutheran Church of Kahama in Tanzania ordained eight men into the Office of the Holy Ministry and installed five women as deaconesses. This congregation of 700 is a part of the South East of Lake Victoria diocese of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (SELVD-ELCT). The five hour service also […]
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