ADOPT A SEMINARIAN - UPDATE ON TWO SEMINARIANS!
Lutheran World Missions is taking part in "Adopt a Student" at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. LWMI will be supporting a seminarian through his three years of seminary and one year of vicarage. We will provide updates for you as we receive them from our adopted seminarian. LWMI encourages you to sponsor a seminarian either at a Concordia Seminary or a Seminary of your choice. "By overcoming this challenge you are making an eternal difference as the students you prepare now will proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ today and for decades to come. In faith, these seminarians have come to Concordia Seminary. Now you can encourage them with your prayers and make their preparation financially possible." Or, you may join LWMI as we sponsor a seminarian at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. Contributions can be made through PayPal. Please note that the donation is for "Adopt a Student". Thank you!
Currently, Lutheran World Missions has adopted two Seminarians - Alex Nelson and Ethan Bruhn. Alex reports that he is enjoying his classes and that he is learning a lot. He will be teaching a few lessons and giving a chapel message at Lutheran North.
Ethan is learning a lot on the Synoptic Gospels and the Book of Concord, however his favorite class is Homiletics 1. He wrote his first sermon on Revelation 21:1-7. He is learning to preach without notes!
Please pray for these men as they continue their studies at Concordia Seminary!
RUTH INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS, INC.
Our affiliate Mission in Sierra Leone, Africa sponsors 13 girls in Sierra Leone with their educational needs through graduation from High School. RIM also pays for housing so orphans will not be homeless. Ruth International Missions has also joined with Mariatu's Hope supporting abused women and girls in need in Sierra Leone. Ruth International looks to expand the programs to support more children and families.
Recently the President, Danita Heathington spent several weeks in Sierre Leone providing supplies and support to the women and girls who attend the local school.
Updates will be provided soon.
If you would like Ms. Heathington to visit your church or school, please contact her at Ruthmissions@gmail.com, or you can contact us directly at LutheranWorld@aol.com
Lutheran Hour Ministries
Lutheran World Missions, Inc., has partnered with a church in Maryland to provide a $10,000 grant over five years to Lutheran Hour Ministries. Lutheran Hour Ministries is an important part of sharing God's Word to all the people throughout the world. LWMI is honored to support the mission and ministry of Lutheran Hour Ministries.
"Lutheran Hour Ministries is a trusted resource in global media that equips and engages a vibrant volunteer base to passionately proclaim the Gospel to more than 150 million people worldwide each week. Through its North American headquarters and ministry centers on six continents, LHM reaches into more than 60 countries, often bringing Christ to places where no other Christian evangelistic organizations are present. LHM’s flagship ministry, The Lutheran Hour®, airs weekly on more than 1,800 radio stations and the American Forces Network."
The Old Latin School - International Center, Wittenberg, Germany
Lutheran World Missions joined with other Lutherans and Lutheran organizations in supporting The Old Latin School in Wittenberg, Germany by providing a portion of the 500th Reformation Medallion coin sale proceeds to this project with the goal of giving $10,000. "The International Lutheran Center at the Old Latin School (OLS), provides a place for people to learn, grow, study, meet, retreat, and experience the Gospel in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, home of the Reformation. The center is directly adjacent to St. Mary’s City Church, or Stadtkirche, where through the countless sermons of Martin Luther and others, the Christian Church was re-formed. Stemming from the new approach to education being taught by the Wittenberg reformers, the Old Latin School was built in 1564, as the city school for boys. It is truly in the very center of the birthplace of the Reformation. The Old Latin School is managed by the International Lutheran Society of Wittenberg gGmbH (ILSW). This German non-profit organization is a partnership of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (SELK), and Concordia Publishing House (CPH). "
International Schools Graduate Program - Concordia Seminary St. Louis
Lutheran World Missions gives grant to Concordia Seminary St. Louis International Students Graduate School Program! Forming International Teachers and Leaders.
Lutheran World Missions, with a matching grant from Concordia Lutheran Church of Upper Marlboro, MD, gave a total of a $10,000.00 grant to the International Students Graduate Program at Concordia Seminary St. Louis. This grant will provide general support to the International Students Graduate Program and "will ensure that the saving Word of God is shared more fully throughout the world." After obtaining their degrees, these students will return to their home countries and become teachers and Pastors at these nations' seminaries. "Thus their work to spread the Gospel abroad will have a considerable impact that will reach far into the future...where they will become leaders within their home church and help grow the church in these countries." Dr. Gerhard Bode, Dean of Advanced Studies states, "When the international students graduate and return home to teach and lead, they will be well-prepared to help carry out the Great Commission." The Graduate School's students are from 21 countries including Ethiopia, India, Liberia, Kenya, Thailand, Rwanda, Guatemala, Peru, Uganda, Argentina, Paraguay, Taiwan and Nigeria.
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Rev. Tibebu Teklu Senbetu, a Ph.D. from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. is a student in the International Graduate Student Program at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. After he earns his degree from and returns home, Rev. Senbetu will resume his professorship at Mekane Yesus Seminary – the primary theological institution of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY), which is the largest and fastest-growing Lutheran church body in Africa. To this point in his professorship, he has been teaching bachelor’s-level students. His Ph.D. from Concordia Seminary will enable him to instruct master’s-level students, which is important to the EECMY’s capability to produce the many additional well-formed Lutheran pastors who are needed throughout Ethiopia. In addition to resuming his professorship, Rev. Senbetu will continue to serve concurrently as a pastor and church planter. (He thus far has planted 5 Lutheran churches in different regions of Ethiopia.)
Faith brings about a tree, and then the fruit, which is good works, grows. First, the tree must be there; then the fruit will follow. The fruit does not produce the tree, but the tree produces the fruit."
Martin Luther
