Honduras

For several years, LCMS partner church, the Lutheran Church of Canada extended mission work and indigenous training into Honduras from its seminary in Nicaragua. Nicaraguan and Honduran nationals received training in Nicaragua and worked in Southern Honduras locations to do evangelization, church planting and mercy work. LCMS support was limited to financial support to the deployed missionaries from LCC. In May 2018, the LCC requested LCMS take over the support and training of their deployed missionaries. Working in partnership with LCMS congregations, RSOs and the Lutheran Church of Guatemala (ILG) a group met in Oviedo Florida in May 2018, to begin building a strategy and expand the work in Honduras. This FORO provides a vehicle for strategic planning and future evangelization, and supports Lutheran church planting and mercy work in Honduras. No LCMS missionaries are deployed to Honduras. However, working with the Lutheran Church in Guatemala (ILG) and other FORO members, we hope to establish more schools and education support programs in the future.

Four Countries, Eight Days

After years of hard work, patience, and coordination, the Spanish Lutheran hymnal, Himnario Luterano, arrived in Guatemala. The hymnals were published by a group of dedicated Lutheran pastors throughout Latin America, who considered the many cultural differences among the Spanish-speaking countries. Thanks to a generous gift from the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, a large portion of the printing and shipping costs were covered, making the hymnals affordable for our sister churches.

August 23, 2023

Giving Thanks for the Lutheran Heritage Foundation

The Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF) is a great help for the mission work in Latin America. We are grateful for their excellent work and congratulate them on thirty years of service to the Lord’s Church worldwide.

November 11, 2022

Church Planting in Honduras

reaching in La Paz, Honduras, for years, even during the recent lockdowns. The fruits of his pastoral care and outreach to the community were evident in the overflowing crowd at a recent church dedication. With a capacity of 120, the new sanctuary was packed with worshipers. Dozens more gathered outside the facility to join in the celebration and sing praises to the Lord.

April 29, 2022

Rapid Response to Hurricanes Eta and Iota

The countries of Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama have been hardest hit by back-to-back hurricanes. Eta made landfall as a category 4 hurricane in Nicaragua on November 3rd, then lingered for two days over Central America before intensifying and moving on to Cuba, where flooding was already a growing problem.

December 15, 2020

Honduras Mission Update

This time of pandemic has been a new experience for many people worldwide. The social situation and the negative effect that this has caused is a common theme among people. Work restrictions, unemployment, the rising price of food products, the suspension of urban and interurban transport, medicines, and the improvised virtual educational system – these are some of the frequent topics of conversation.

November 12, 2020

Disaster Response Training for Guatemala and Honduras

Sixty Lutheran pastors and church members from Guatemala and Honduras gathered online for four days of Disaster Response Training last week. Pastor Alejandro Lopez presented the virtual classes from his location in Panama. Missionary Deaconess Cheryl Naumann from the Dominican Republic coordinated the instruction through the Mercy Center, an institute of Concordia the Reformer Seminary in the Dominican Republic.

September 9, 2020

Honduras FORO Begins with a Bang

The Mercy Center, an institute of Concordia Seminary the Reformer (CMSCR), provides a spectrum of educational conferences, from personal witnessing and Christian reconciliation to family and community health and life issues. Disaster response training throughout the Latin American and Caribbean Region is done under the auspices of the Mercy Center.

September 27, 2019

Honduras History

The Lutheran Church Canada (LCC)and seminary of the Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (ILSN) started work in Honduras in 2006.

February 12, 2019