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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. Are you someone who shows up early for church? Maybe you’ve been conditioned to arrive fifteen minutes early to most important events. Do you arrive at the last moment before the bell rings to begin the service? Perhaps you… Read More »WAITING
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Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. In this month’s newsletter, we want to share with you some brief updates from various fields where our mission work is taking place. The Philippines Pastor Jordan Palangyos of The Lutheran Autonomous Mission in the Philippines (LAMP) has… Read More »MISSION NEWS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
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I n this series, thos e involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. Prior to World War II, the series of fortifications known as the Maginot Line was considered by the French to be impregnable. Later, however, they proved to be meaningless as the Germans simply went around them, attacking… Read More »THE MAGINOT LINE
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. [Editor: The following is a report about current activities in the Himalayan Church of the Lutheran Confession in Nepal (HCLCN). It is written, in his own words, by the indigenous pastor who is our main contact in Nepal. Names… Read More »UPDATE FROM THE HCLCN
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Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. In April of this year, I had the privilege of joining Missionary Todd Ohlmann on an initial in-person visit with a contact in the Philippines. For a bout a week, we had the opportunity to meet with Pastor… Read More »INITIAL VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. [Editor: The following is a report from Pastor Jyothi Benjamin, in his own words, about the passing of his father, V.S. Benjamin, longtime chairman of the Church of the Lutheran Confession in India (CLCI). The report is lightly edited… Read More »V.S. BENJAMIN, 1930-2022
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. The West African CLC Pastoral Conference (WACLCPC) was held in Lomé, Togo on February 28 through March 2, 2023. Eight pastors and leaders came from Nigeria (NCLC), two pastors from Liberia (LCLC), six pastors and leaders from Togo and… Read More »WEST AFRICAN CLC PASTORAL CONFERENCE
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. In December 2022, I spent three weeks in Tanzania working with the pastors and leaders of the Tanzania-CLC (TZ-CLC). My time was spent teaching at the Wittenberg Lutheran Theological Seminary, attending the TZ-CLC pastoral conference, and visiting several developing… Read More »GOSPEL OUTREACH AMONG THE MAASAI
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Detroit Congregation Goes Self-Supporting Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. On October 16, 2022, the voters of Mount Zion Lutheran Church, Madison Heights, Michigan, voted unanimously to become a self-supporting congregation beginning in 2023, ending almost twenty years’ status as a domestic mission subsidized… Read More »MANY THANKS FROM MOUNT ZION!
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. In July of 2022 Pastor Mike Gurath and I were finally able to embark on a mission trip to Kenya and Uganda that had originally been scheduled for May of 2020, but was delayed for two years because of… Read More »NEW BRETHREN IN UGANDA
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. “And when they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.” (Acts 14:27 ESV) Such is Luke’s report at the… Read More »THE OPEN DOOR
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Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. We give thanks to the Lord that He has led Pastor Bruce Naumann to accept the call to serve as the CLC’s third full-time foreign missionary. He will be working primarily among our fellow Christians in the CLC-Tanzania.… Read More »A NEW FULL-TIME MISSIONARY
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. The HCLCN is working to equip leaders from the rural and remote areas of the country. The Himalayan Bible Institute is producing workers for the harvest field. The work of the kingdom was slowed down last year due to… Read More »In Nepal, the Monsoon Ends and Outreach Begins
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[Ed.: The following is an article by Pastor Jyothi Benjamin, in his own words, about the prevalence of superstition in India. Pastor Benjamin is president of the Church of the Lutheran Confession in India (CLCI). The report is lightly edited for clarity.] Two thousand twenty-two years after the birth of Christ, Christianity still remains as… Read More »Relying on Jesus or Superstitions?
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The Board of Missions reported to this past summer’s convention that “the need for additional workers in foreign fields continues to grow.” After a pause due to COVID-related travel restrictions in countries across the globe, the Board has resumed calling for a third foreign missionary. With the many contacts we’ve received and the opportunities we… Read More »Third Foreign Missionary Call to Tanzania
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Meet Yawo Galé. He is one of the eight new seminary students here in Togo, West Africa, who started the three-year program at the end of March 2022. He is thirty-nine years old and married to Assiki Afi. They have two boys, Atsu and Etsè, twins who are ten years old, and a daughter, Amenuveve… Read More »Student Profile: Yawo Galé
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Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. After a two-year COVID hiatus, the CLC Mission Helper Program was finally able to make a trip this past July. Eight volunteers (Andrea D’Onofrio, Kaylee Koenig, Henry Lau, Candy Ohlmann, Noah Ohlmann, Erica Oster, Amy Tvedt, and Kari… Read More »Mission Helper Trip to Zambia
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[Ed.: The names of certain people and places in this article are withheld because of the risk of persecution.] On our visit to Bangladesh in May, the Lord provided an incredible example of His grace, mercy, and patient blessings. After a couple of weeks of travel, teaching, and discussions, the trip was coming to a… Read More »A Bangladesh Baptism
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“Soy Safari Resort” read the dilapidated sign that I had passed countless times on the road from my home in Matunda to the big city of Eldoret in western Kenya. It didn’t look like much of a resort. There was nothing about that sign or what I could see from the main road that would… Read More »A Royal Conference Venue in Kenya
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. (Photos are from the early days of the author’s time in Nigeria) “Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten.” This is a proverb from Nigeria. Palm oil, drawn from palm fruit, is used for cooking food.… Read More »Proverbial Ponderings
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Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. It goes without saying that travel has been a challenge over the past couple of years due to the pandemic. But even as travel restrictions have eased recently, making plans to travel internationally can still be challenging and… Read More »Visitation to the Bangladesh Lutheran Church Mission
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. [Ed.: The following is a report about current activities in the HCLCN. It is written, in his own words, by the indigenous pastor who is our main contact in Nepal. Names of people and places are being withheld because… Read More »Update from the HCLC Nepal
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In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. [Ed.: The following is a report from Pastor Jyothi Benjamin, in his own words, about current activities in the Church of the Lutheran Confession in India (CLCI). The report is lightly edited for clarity.] “How, then, can they call on… Read More »A Foundation Laid for a Lifetime
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Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.” (Numbers 6:24-26) That is the end-of-service… Read More »Endings and Beginnings
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NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. Following 2 Timothy 2:2, our focus overseas is training indigenous pastors. You help to establish and fund seminaries through your contributions to the Mission Development Fund. Your Kinship sponsorships fund the printing or purchase of materials… Read More »Continuing Education
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In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. On November 14, 2021, five graduates, three faculty members, one missionary, and about one hundred guests and government dignitaries gathered for the inaugural graduation of five students who successfully completed three years of study at the Wittenberg Lutheran Theological Seminary… Read More »CLC-Tanzania Seminary Report
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Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. Our CLC domestic mission program assists in the spread of the Gospel by providing direction, encouragement, and financial support to preaching stations and congregations that are unable to support a full-time ministry on their own but demonstrate the… Read More »Domestic Mission Program
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. Growth Three times in Acts there are indications as to the growth of the church as the Word went forth. There is the title of this article from Acts 6:7. It is the Word in hearts that grew and… Read More »“The Number of the Disciples Multiplied Greatly!”
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. [Ed.: the following is a report about current activities in the Himalayan Church of the Lutheran Confession in Nepal (HCLCN). It is written, in his own words, by the indigenous pastor who is our main contact in Nepal. Names… Read More »The Word is Growing in the Himalayas!
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Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. At this past year’s CLC Convention, the delegates recognized a need for a new approach to domestic missions. In order to encourage a new approach, the following resolutions were passed: (1) Resolved that the Board of Missions encourage… Read More »Christian Day Schools as Part of a New Approach to Domestic Missions
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. [Ed.: the following is an account from CLCI Chairman, Pastor Jyothi Benjamin, in his own words. The report is lightly edited for clarity.] After this year’s Easter celebrations, following the jubilant cries of victory over the sin and death… Read More »Delivered from Death to Life—My Experience With COVID-19
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NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. In my last Spokesman article (“Goats for God,” March 2021) I talked about how we have helped the Mission Évangélique Luthérienne de Confession du Togo (MELC) purchase land north of Lomé on which to raise… Read More »Turning Goats into Sheep
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NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. It may go without saying that things don’t always go as planned when it comes to overseas mission work. The book of God’s wisdom reminds us that “The heart of man plans his way, but the… Read More »Victory for a Kenyan Brother
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NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. If there was ever a place where Paul’s words apply—“exchanging the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or birds or animals or reptiles” (Romans 1:23 RSV)—it is in India, with its over… Read More »Persecution of the Truth in India
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MISSION NEWSLETTER Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. We are continually overwhelmed by how our gracious God has blessed the CLC with an ever-expanding number of church bodies and contacts in our overseas fields. To meet these growing needs, we have increased the number… Read More »Serving our Ever-Expanding Overseas Mission Fields
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NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. It is truly astounding how the awe-inspiring Gospel message leads to heart-warming connections that were never foreseen. As an example, I’d like to introduce a faithful pastor whom I truly admire: Jethro Wallah. In November… Read More »A Promising Leader in Liberia
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