Lutheran Hour Ministries’ 2013 Online Mission Trip to Thailand didn’t end when the credits rolled on Thursday, January 31. Thailand ministry center Director Boom Denow has been busy on the Lutheran Hour Ministries—Thailand blog, posting (and posting, and posting) answers to students’ many questions since Wednesday, February 6! Students from Lutheran schools across North America … 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 »
Lutheran Hour Ministries will sponsor its second annual Online Mission Trip January 28-31, during National Lutheran Schools Week. Online Mission Trips are designed to give students in Lutheran elementary schools in the United States and Canada the opportunity to experience an international mission trip – without having to leave their classroom! Continue reading »
In May, Lutheran Hour Ministries—Nicaragua, known locally as Cristo Para Todas las Naciones (CPTLN), organized and hosted its third consecutive annual Olympic Bible Contest. The competition was held in the auditorium of the National University in the city of León Continue reading »
Lutheran Hour Ministries’ center in Nicaragua, led by Director Ricardo Arguello, dedicated a rancho in El Pastal, some 10 miles from the city of León, where the ministry center is located. A volunteer group from Vestavia Hills Lutheran Church, near Birmingham, Alabama and led by Pastor Clifford Hellmers helped complete the structure, which had been … 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 »
Approximately sixty invited guests attended a special event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Lutheran Hour Ministries in Latvia on Friday afternoon. The activities began with a concert and poetry reading by Mr. Goran Gora (www.gorangora.com), a talented young musician who performed several of his own compositions. Between each composition he read a poem from the … Continue reading »
On Saturday, March 24th, Journey Into Light Ministries, a ministry of Lutheran Hour Ministries, will celebrate 20 years of God’s blessings. Please keep that event in your thoughts an prayers. You can see the great things happening in Thailand at http://lhmthailand.wordpress.com. 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 »
On Friday morning we departed at around 6:30 a.m. for the five hour drive to Hossana, about 200 kilometers southwest of Addis Ababa. After checking in to our hotel, it took about two hours to drive the next 20 kilometers to the rural village of Buuma (It was reminiscent of the drive, back in the day, between … Continue reading »
