Deaconess Training in Panama
Diaconal formation continues to expand throughout Latin America. The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Office of International Mission in Latin America and the Caribbean adds the country of Panama.
Jamaica’s First Short Term Team
Thanks to Jamaica’s first OIM short-term team, DOWN came a wall in the sanctuary and UP went a drop ceiling in the apartment. Five individuals from Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wichita Falls, Texas, labored alongside local plumbers, electricians, and carpenters to bring the multifaceted vision for the building ever closer to reality.
Seven Adult Confirmands in Licey, Dominican Republic
On Trinity Sunday, seven new adult confirmands were brought into membership at Lamb of God Lutheran Church in Licey, Dominican Republic. Missionary Pastor Sergio Fritzler, from Argentina, serves the congregation part-time, in addition to his duties as a seminary professor at Concordia the Reformer Seminary. Recent seminary graduate, Yban Navarro, assisted with the service.
Project: Mercy Center
Luke 6:36 reads, “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.” Showing mercy is part of our identity as Christians. Therefore, it makes sense that Lutherans in the Latin America & Caribbean region would intentionally focus on showing mercy in close proximity to the preaching of the Gospel and the planting of Lutheran churches.
The first graduating class of Concordia the Reformer Seminary (Seminario Concordia el Reformador) in the Dominican Republic.
Mission Field Update from Dominican Republic – June 2019
Concordia the Reformer Mercy Center and Seminary has been a busy place over the past weeks...
Honduras History
The Lutheran Church Canada (LCC)and seminary of the Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (ILSN) started work in Honduras in 2006.
God Will Provide: Faith Lutheran Church, Kingston, Jamaica
Soon after beginning service in Jamaica Rev. Obot Ite, a pastor of the Lutheran Church of Nigeria and funded by the LCMS, put his faith in God when he set out to plant the island's second Lutheran church in downtown Kingston.
Peru: Answering the Call
The need to hear of our Savior is universal. To not hear of Him, to not hear of what He has done for us, is to be lost for all eternity.
Dominican Deaconesses: The Need for Servants in Santo Domingo
Santa Ortiz, the pastor's wife of a Lutheran congregation near the capital of the Dominican Republic, describes her church's need for more members willing to serve the church as deaconesses.
Cultural Moments: Venezuelan Empanadas
Throw together some cornmeal, a little bit of meat, a few plantains, and a lot of oil and you've got yourself an empanada!
