Gift of God Lutheran Church, Mapleton, North Dakota
Each month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with the latest news from various mission fields. If your last visit to the little town of Mapleton, North Dakota, was more than a year ago,…
Persecution of Christians in Nepal
According to the World Watch List*, there are twenty-five countries where Christians are currently experiencing extreme or severe persecution. On that list you will find Nigeria (number twelve), Kenya (number sixteen), India (number seventeen), and…
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…
Update on the Tanzania Church of the Lutheran Confession
The beginning of the CLC in Tanzania was very similar to our own beginning here in the United States. Both were formed out of already existing Lutheran Churches that were forced to leave their fellowship…
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.…
From our Foreign Fields, An Update on the CLCI
Our brethren in the Church of the Lutheran Confession in India (CLCI) have approximately five hundred congregations and preaching stations, with fifteen thousand members, served by over three hundred ordained pastors. Here is a brief…
Makanya, Tanzania
I still remember that day. I was with three other mission helpers wrapping up our three-week visit to India. We were in our hotel room when one of the other mission helpers called us to the…
Living Hope Lutheran Church Appleton, Wisconsin
The congregation of Living Hope in the Appleton, Wisconsin, area has seen a lot of changes in the past few years. In 2014 the congregation applied for and began receiving full mission subsidy through the…
Nepal Earthquake Update
April 25, 2015 will be a day that many of our brothers and sisters in Christ who live in Nepal will never forget. It was a day that brought much pain, suffering, and loss. That…
Visiting the Congregations of the BELC (India)
NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. Dateline—July, 2015. Pastor Thangavel is a member of the Berea Evangelical Lutheran Church (BELC), in southeastern…