MISSION NEWSLETTER Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. This past August, South Asia was devastated by major flooding during the yearly monsoon season. While seasonal monsoon rains, a lifeline for farmers across South Asia, typically cause some loss of life and property every year… Read More »Flooding in Nepal Read More

STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (Hebrews 13:1-2 ESV) Sometimes, at the end of the New Testament epistles, we get some parting words that can feel like a hodge-podge. It’s kind of like what you might say… Read More »Loving God by Loving Others Read More

A SLICE OF LIFE IN THE CLC SNAPSHOTS OF CONGREGATIONS FROM AROUND THE CHURCH OF THE LUTHERAN CONFESSION “‘Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you;… Read More »Bethel Lutheran Church Morris, Minnesota Read More

MISSION NEWSLETTER Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. The question is sometimes asked, “How did the CLC become involved with so many countries around the world?” The simple answer is that the Lord has graciously opened doors for us and uses our small church… Read More »Contact in Bangladesh Read More

STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT “Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; lest there be any fornicator or profane person like… Read More »Pursue Holiness Read More

MISSION NEWSLETTER Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” (Luke 10:2). During every Board of Missions meeting I have been a… Read More »Third Foreign Missionary Authorized Read More

STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT “Consider [Jesus] who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? ‘My son, do… Read More »God’s Discipline Demonstrates His Love for Us! Read More

MISSION NEWSLETTER Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. The largest church body with which the CLC is in fellowship is Berea Evangelical Lutheran Church of India (BELC). The BELC currently has 716 ordained pastors serving 442 churches and 1,284 preaching stations. There are approximately… Read More »Latest From the BELC Read More

MISSION NEWSLETTER Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. Over the years, the Lord has opened many doors for the CLC to support domestic mission congregations. Throughout our history, we have supported more than fifty congregations across the United States and Canada. Over half of… Read More »Vernon Congregation Goes Self-Supporting Read More

MISSION NEWSLETTER Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. The CLC’s involvement in Togo began in September of 2001 when Missionary David Koenig began correspondence courses with Kossi Blewu. Kossi was a school teacher and a member of a Baptist church. Missionary Koenig visited with… Read More »Update on the Work in Togo Read More

STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”  (Hebrews 13:5-6) Have… Read More »True Contentment Read More

Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. Our CLC domestic mission program assists in the spread of the Gospel by providing direction, encouragement, and financial support to preaching stations and congregations that are unable to support a full-time ministry on their own but demonstrate the… Read More »Domestic Mission Program Read More

It’s always an anxious time, especially for family and friends, when someone is reported missing in the wilderness. Search and rescue teams spring into action. We wait expectantly for any word of the missing person. It’s a moment of great joy if the missing person is found alive and well. It’s a time of great… Read More »God’s Search and Rescue Team Read More

Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. With COVID restrictions slowly being lifted, opportunities for international travel are again opening up. This allowed Missionary Todd Ohlmann to visit Tanzania in December 2021. He accompanied Ted Quade, who serves as the Christian School Instruction Supervisor, on… Read More »Missionary Travel Opportunities Opening Up Read More

Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. It goes without saying that travel has been a challenge over the past couple of years due to the pandemic. But even as travel restrictions have eased recently, making plans to travel internationally can still be challenging and… Read More »Visitation to the Bangladesh Lutheran Church Mission Read More

“Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. To them it was… Read More »Sufferings and Glories Revealed Read More

The Board of Missions reported to this past summer’s convention that “the need for additional workers in foreign fields continues to grow.” After a pause due to COVID-related travel restrictions in countries across the globe, the Board has resumed calling for a third foreign missionary. With the many contacts we’ve received and the opportunities we… Read More »Third Foreign Missionary Call to Tanzania Read More

“Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” (1 Peter 2:1-3) One of the illustrations the Bible uses to speak about our conversion is that… Read More »Act like a Baby Read More

Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. We give thanks to the Lord that He has led Pastor Bruce Naumann to accept the call to serve as the CLC’s third full-time foreign missionary. He will be working primarily among our fellow Christians in the CLC-Tanzania.… Read More »A NEW FULL-TIME MISSIONARY Read More

“Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you… Read More »FREEDOM TO SUBMIT Read More