evangelical-lutheran-church &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://wordpress.com/tag/evangelical-lutheran-church/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "evangelical-lutheran-church" Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Living Together As Lutherans: Unity Within Diversity]]> http://agamabooks.wordpress.com/?p=770 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:42:43 +0000 Admin http://agamabooks.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/living-together-as-lutherans-unity-within-diversity/ http://agamabooks.wordpress.com - Living Together As Lutherans: Unity Within Diversity In this landmark volume, the first three presiding bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America reflect on the first twenty years of the church. Includes an introduction by Susan W. McArver, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary.

The contributions include:
Our Basic Unity: Resources for Living Together as Lutherans in the ELCA, H. George Anderson
A Changeless Word for a Changing World: The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible, Herbert W. Chilstrom
ELCA Identity, Unity, and Purpose, Mark S. Hanson
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]]> <![CDATA[A Company Skilled at Accompanying]]> http://sekucoview.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/a-company-skilled-at-accompanying/ Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:56:44 +0000 ayannaco http://sekucoview.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/a-company-skilled-at-accompanying/ Community grows to mean something very different when you are living in another culture. There are very few times in life when one is as painfully aware and proud of one’s community of residence. Last weekend a yearly conference was held in Arusha for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America mission community working in Tanzania and Rwanda.  

The community drove, flew and rode buses for hours to break bread as one. It is a community dearly loved by its participants. 

Our time together was lead by Tom and Sally Roach who go above-and-beyond to make those of us in mission feel at peace in the countries that we now all call home.  

During our three days together we were joined by Rev. Rafael Malpica Padila, Executive Director of Global Missions, and Gaylord Thomas, Program Director for East Africa. Both spoke to the group about the Church’s vision of global mission, the accompaniment model of ELCA Mission Community in Arusha, October 2007mission work and the growing partnerships enjoyed worldwide by the ELCA. Here is the news: good things are happening around the world caused by people who are called to leave their communities of comfort to join new communities in new places.   

The community that gathered in Arusha, Tanzania, last week was full of passion, knowledge, hope and pure joy – not only to be together but to be accompanying the church in Rwanda and Tanzania. I was never more proud to stand with this group for a family photo.

  

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