From the Field August 24, \'15 While our sister church in Etago, Kenya has seven congregations with over 500 members, that is not the total picture. What follows are my notes as we visited congregations on one trip. Many of these were not in fellowship with us, but gave us the opportunity to teach . . . read more

From the Field August 14, \'15 There are fourteen men preaching in this district. In eight of the villages they serve there is no other Christian church. This is important in our considerations as we want to be like Paul preaching where Christ is not known. Half of the men came out of another Lutheran . . . read more

From the Field July 30, \'15 Thangavel is a pastor in the BELC and a grade school teacher. For the new Ponneri District of fifteen men he has given over his upstairs as a monthly meeting place for the men. This is the kind of generosity we want in the church. Lesson - Do good unto all men . . . read more

From the Field - Flexibility July 25, \'15 Jyothi Benjamin completed his two year training and returned to India in July \'91. His work at that time was to assist his father in the church and to work with the orphans. After a \'97 visitation team recommended starting a . . . read more

From the Field July 17, \'15 We are in the process of a visitation to new pastors in the BELC in India. We are accompanied by the district chairman and go to the pastors\' homes and meet their family. This allows us to visit also many times in the village where they preach. Questions are asked about the . . . read more

From the Field When the ELCT, which was the large union of Lutheran churches in Tanzania, decided to ordain women, it was the last straw for a small group in that church body. They formed a group and wrote letters of inquiry to the LC-MS, WELS and the CLC. The letter to the CLC dated April 4, 2000 was addressed to Prof. Pfeiffer at . . . read more

From the Field June 17, \'15 The CLCI has requested that the sponsorship enrollment in the seminary be increased to fifty from thirty-eight. What a wonderful bit of good news, that the number of applicants warrants this. The Mission Board has approved a phased in increase over three years to fifty with one third . . . read more

From the Field June 14, \'15 Heat - I arrived in India in the midst of a heat wave with temperatures consistently over 100 F. It was reported that during this heat wave well over 1000 people lost their lives due to the heat, though you have to remember that is in a country of over one billion. . . . read more

Pastor M.Jesuraj, 45 years old, is serving 112 believers in the BELC Tiruvallure District in Tiruvallure city.His wife\'s name is Shanthi, 42 years old, and they have two children. This all would seem rather normal except he and his wife both are fully blind. Both they and some of his church believers read the Bible by the braille . . . read more

I had the opportunity lately to witness in a small congregation of the Ev. Luth. Ch. in Canada(St. Michael Ev. Luth. Ch., Mystery Lake), although the congregation has had no connections with the ELCIC for over four years. My friend Pastor Gutsche, Barrhead, Alberta, had asked if I could say something when I came to visit him. He serves about 40 . . . read more