Jana Inglehart, Author at LCMS International Mission

Venezuelan Immigrants Begin New Life

Post published:May 13, 2020
Post category:Latin America & Caribbean Lutheran Education Lutheran Family Mercy Work Planting Churches

People come here to survive—not voluntarily. Waves of Venezuelans, including nurses, dentists, engineers, teachers, students, and others, reluctantly take the short, ninety-minute flight to the Dominican Republic, and embark on a life vastly different from what they are accustomed to. Having left behind family and friends, home, and everything familiar, they begin life again, from scratch. They leave the country that they love, not because they want to, but because they have no other option if they want to live.

On Being Luterano in a Spanish-speaking World

Post published:May 8, 2020
Post category:Latin America & Caribbean Lutheran Education Planting Churches

Questions arise from North American friends who learn we are serving in Latin America as Lutheran missionaries: “But aren’t all Christians there Catholic?” Well, to a large extent, yes, because the Spanish and Portuguese Crowns did a really good job of propagating the Catholic faith for hundreds of years.

Online English Conversation Partners

Post published:May 2, 2020
Post category:Latin America & Caribbean Lutheran Education Planting Churches

Across the Latin American and Caribbean Region, our LCMS Missionaries continue to spread the Gospel in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. In this video, Regional Director Ted Krey talks about our missionaries, changes that have taken place, and how they continue to move the work forward under these trying conditions.

Seminary Intensive Course Online

Post published:April 29, 2020
Post category:Latin America & Caribbean Mercy Work Theological Education

No rest for the weary! Our seminarians finished up finals week on Friday and immediately dove into a two-week intensive course. Latin American pastors and deaconesses were invited to join our seminarians for this online class on the theology of mercy, taught by Pastor Ted Krey, Regional Director for the Latin America and Caribbean region.

International Easter Vigil

Post published:April 18, 2020
Post category:Latin America & Caribbean Planting Churches

With Holy Week falling in the middle of a worldwide pandemic lockdown, Ascension Lutheran Church in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, made creative use of technology to host an international Easter vigil service online.

Video: Panama Mission Update

Post published:April 3, 2020
Post category:Latin America & Caribbean Planting Churches

In this video, Missionary Pastor Brian Gauthier gives a quick update on the quarantine, how his young family is coping, and how the mission work is continuing to move forward in Panama.

The Holy Christian Church

Post published:March 30, 2020
Post category:Latin America & Caribbean Theological Education

For the first time in two years, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Panamá hosted a Luther Academy conference. Luther Academy provides continuing theological education courses in intensive formats to strengthen and assist pastors and leaders throughout churches in Latin America and around the world.

Video: Seminary Update from the Dominican Republic

Post published:March 20, 2020
Post category:Latin America & Caribbean Planting Churches

During this time of uncertainty due to the global pandemic, many are in various states of quarantine or isolation from social activity. Our seminary and her students and staff are no different. Seminary Director, Rev. Joel Fritsche, shares some of the ways in which the work continues, and the Gospel goes out even in the midst of this storm. Thanks be to God.

Video: Latin American Missionaries and the Pandemic

Post published:March 19, 2020
Post category:Latin America & Caribbean Planting Churches

Across the Latin American and Caribbean Region, our LCMS Missionaries continue to spread the Gospel in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. In this video, Regional Director Ted Krey talks about our missionaries, changes that have taken place, and how they continue to move the work forward under these trying conditions.

Jamaican Lutherans Celebrate Reggae Month

Post published:March 7, 2020
Post category:Latin America & Caribbean Lutheran Education Planting Churches

As part of the celebration of Reggae Month in 2020, Lutheran Ministries in Jamaica decided to celebrate their children. Pastor Obot Ite, an alliance missionary from Nigeria, who has served in Jamaica for well over a decade, had the idea to work with Parade Gardens Lutheran School to provide opportunities for the children to express their faith during worship services at nearby Faith Lutheran Church.

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