Thinking Outside the Box
NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. Mann denkt, aber Gott lenkt, loosely translated from the German, means that we think and plan,…
Ministry to India’s Lepers
NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. Several years ago on a Mission Helper trip to India, I was riding with Pastor Moses,…
Odisha State, India
NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. Pastor Deepak Immanuel is one of the district chairmen in the Berea Evangelical Lutheran Church (BELC)…
The Meaning of “Doctrinal Unity” In Our Foreign Mission Work
NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. From time to time questions arise about the many opportunities the Lord has provided in recent…
Justice, Chotororo Style
NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. Imagine this: you are conducting the Sunday worship service, completely unaware that a commotion is brewing…
The Most Powerful Tool
NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. I was in Marangu, Tanzania, for a pastoral conference with men from the Moshi District. Our conference…
Count It All Joy
What a joy it is to be able to again celebrate the birth of our Redeemer this December! We look around at a world gone haywire and then we look at the infant King and…
Good News Transportation!
In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. When Jesus said; “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature,” He did not say how…
The Mission Helper Program
The purpose of the CLC Mission Helper Program is quite simply to provide opportunities for members of the CLC to participate in our Savior’s Great Commission. It was twenty years ago, at the 1996 CLC…
Waiting to Come Home Milimani, Kenya
“Patience is a virtue.” This expression has reportedly been in use since the fourteenth century. It seems that the only time a person is reminded of this is in one of his least virtuous moments.…