For fifteen years, singer-songwriter Igor Baranchikov has performed his program titled “Stop” at more than 700 prisons throughout Russia and the former Soviet Union. Baranchikov’s one-man show is designed to help prevent drug and alcohol abuse; its message, a call to spiritual and moral living, is rooted in the Scriptures. In 2012, Lutheran Hour Ministries—Russia … Continue reading »
(You can read this and other great articles in the March-April issue of ‘The Lutheran Layman.’) How important is building relationships to the spread of the Gospel? Lutheran Hour Ministries’ center in the Republic of Latvia knows. As part of Lutheran Hour Ministries’ international focus of reaching out to children and youth, one of the … Continue reading »
Across the Church there is a call to intensify efforts to share the Gospel of Jesus with young people. One reason for targeting young people especially is that in some regions, the under-30 thirty population is disproportionately large. Continue reading »
In September, Lutheran Hour Ministries—Latvia, together with the Luther Academy in Riga, the Central Board and Liepaja Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia (ELCL), and St. Gregor’s Mission Center, held a Regional Outreach Conference for the ELCL’s Liepaja Diocese Continue reading »
Alexandra Makhneva is 19, a student at Kazakhstan’s National Academy of Art and a poet. Recently a friend of hers invited her to a July summer camp put on by “Pure Line,” a youth program sponsored by Lutheran Hour Ministries—Kazakhstan, and she was happy to share her impressions of the experience: “I really like the … Continue reading »
During the past year, Lutheran Hour Ministries sponsored eight separate Regional Outreach Conferences around the United States and Canada. Their purpose was to encourage and equip local Christian congregations to speak the gospel to those around them. On Saturday, April 14, Lutheran Hour Ministries—Latvia, sponsored a “National Outreach Conference,” to encourage and equip congregations and … Continue reading »
The celebration of the twentieth anniversary of LHM’s ministry in Latvia was kicked off today with a Film Forum, an outreach tool used by LHM–Latvia to reach people through the cinematic arts. This evening’s movie was The Mission, starring Robert Di Nero. It is the saga of a Jesuit missionary who attempted to reach the Guaraní people of … Continue reading »
Lutheran Hour Ministries’ Directors from twelve countries in Asia and Europe met for four days to share ideas and discuss plans for future ministry activities. Each director was asked to give a presentation on the challenges and opportunities in his or her country, and the ways in which they are able to proclaim the gospel … Continue reading »
In the former Soviet Union, where churches were shut down, destroyed or seized by the government in the days of communism, every historic sanctuary now being reclaimed for its original use seems to have a story. So it is with the Lutheran Parish of St. Peter in the village of Malye Kolpuny, which was the … Continue reading »
Lutheran Hour Ministries’ Bible Correspondence Courses (BCC) are making a big difference in the life of one prisoner in Russia named Dimitry. Dimitry tells us he was not a Christian before going through the lessons of the BCC. Unable to find peace and racked with torment inside, he pleaded his case before God, who heard … Continue reading »
