LKNI consecrates new bishop

Participants in the consecration service of LKNI Bishop Markus Snellman. Along with pastors in the second and third row, participants include (front left to right): ELCL Bishop Mindaugas Sabutis (Lithuania), LELB Archbishop Rinalds Grants (Latvia), AALC Presiding...

ILC holds Regional Conference in Latin America

Participants in the ILC's 2026 Latin America Regional Conference. GUATEMALA – The International Lutheran Council (ILC) held its Latin America Regional Conference in Antigua from September 21-25. The theme of the conference was “Confessionality and Missionionality of...

Receiving and Handing on the Deposit of Faith — Reformation Day 2026

by Juhana Pohjola Paul receives a scroll from Christ. Detail from sarcophagus in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe (c. 400-700) . Photo via: Richard Stracke, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. “Follow the pattern of sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love...

Editorial team of the Augustana Working Group meets in Germany

Father Dr. Augustinus Sander (Vatican/Maria Laach), Prof. Dr. Werner Klän (Lübeck), Bishop Dr. Juhana Pohjola (Helsinki), Archbishop Stephan Burger (Freiburg), Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Peter Birkhofer (Freiburg), Rev. Dr. Sebastian Grünbaum (Kuopio). GERMANY – From...

Bolivian Lutherans reelect president

ICEL President Limberth Fernández Coronado at the church's 14th National Convention. BOLIVIA – The Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia (Iglesia Cristiana Evangélica Luterana de Bolivia – ICEL) held its 14th National Convention from September 11-13 in...

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