Safari Through the Scriptures:
Searching for Jesus in the Old and New Testament
VIRTUAL SUMMER BIBLE CAMP
Coming Monday, June 29th
Mission Support for Pastor James May and “Lutherans in Africa”
The mission of Lutherans in Africa is …
Forming African Lutherans to be Teachers of the Faith.
There is a severe shortage of trained pastors in Africa.
In America, the Lutheran Church has 1 pastor for every 376 members. In Tanzania, for instance, there is 1 pastor for every 3,500 members. The Lutheran Church in Tanzania alone has over 5 million members, but many struggle to understand what Lutherans believe and why. The average pastor serves 12 parishes but only visits one each Sunday. The other eleven are served by evangelists who have had little or no training. Even those who are trained have few books and limited opportunity for further formal study in the Living Word and doctrinal theology.
By training Africans to be teachers of the faith, Lutherans In Africa (LIA) is able to help fill the need for pastors and further spread the Gospel, allowing God to work through His external Word. By training pastors, evangelists, and church workers, we are teaching not merely this generation, but the ones to come.
Hakuna Matata
with “Coach John“
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