What are you doing that is more important? Our next mission trip is tentatively scheduled to leave on May 22, 2025 arriving in Kilimanjaro Airport (Arusha) on the 23rd. We will spend one night there and then fly to Mwanza and travel by car to Shinyanga, the headquarters for the Southeast of Lake Victoria diocese. […]
Tanzania
Mid-South District Mission Team 2024 Tanzania
At the end of May, 14 members of a mission team representing the Mid-South District left for a mission in the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese of the Lutheran Church of Tanzania. We have a group of members from Memphis, Little Rock, and Cabot as well as from Missouri. The team will sharing the gospel […]
Vestments Needed
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
2019 mission trip church plant in Welezo,Tanzania
What an inspiration to receive this picture of the church building in Welezo! The mission team visited this area last year in May 2019 to work with Pastor Geoffrey Tenga on outreach. Donations from members of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in White House TN purchased the land for this building. The members have worked […]
Engage – Training Centers in Tanzania
Mission Training Centers-an essential tool for evangelism and discipling the new Christians. Learn more about South East of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD) (here) or by visiting the website elct-selvd.org Engage – Training Centers in Tanzania from VimeoLCMS on Vimeo.
“deaconesses..serve where needed”
Deaconesses have become active participants in South East of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD). Recently the focuses of these women has broadened to include new areas of ministry.
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