Mexico earthquake: LCMS contacts partner church
In response to the earthquake in central Mexico March 20, the LCMS established telephone and email contact March 21 with President Alvaro Lopez of the Lutheran Synod of Mexico, a partner church of The...
View ArticleLCMS leaders head to Chile this week in wake of weekend quake
Photo: Rev. Omar Kinas, (pictured here with his family) a missionary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina, currently serves as mercy project manager and missionary in Chile. LCMS...
View ArticlePray for Caribbean nations, Gulf Coast areas in path of Tropical Storm Isaac
Please pray for the Caribbean nations, international partner church members, LCMS members and all those residing in the path of Tropical Storm Isaac —currently passing over Cuba after dousing Haiti.
View ArticleHaitian Lutherans implore LCMS for prayers following Tropical Storm Isaac
Residents wade through a street that flooded due to Tropical Storm Isaac in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac swept across Haiti’s southern peninsula early Saturday,...
View ArticleLCMS releases $35,000 to assist Haiti, Dominican Republic after storm
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod released two grants totaling $35,000 on Monday, Aug. 27, to assist relief efforts in Haiti and the Dominican Republic following Tropical Storm Isaac, which struck the...
View ArticleUpdate: ISAAC DISASTER RELIEF
HURRICANE ISAAC MAKES LANDFALL ALONG GULF COAST As news regarding Hurricane Isaac’s impact on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and now the storm’s landfall in New Orleans...
View ArticleLCMS urges hurricane volunteers to wait for first response
LCMS Disaster Response is urging volunteers to allow emergency responders time to do their jobs before traveling to the Gulf Coast to help with relief efforts. “It is vital to allow emergency...
View ArticleLCMS continues Isaac aid, reaches out to Philippine partners
Even as the remnant of Hurricane Isaac brought heavy rainfall and strong wind to the East Coast late Tuesday, Sept. 4, the LCMS continued to take stock of its damages and reach out with mercy to those...
View ArticleSynod responds to suffering from ‘overshadowed’ quake in Guatemala
While traveling to New Jersey to help with Superstorm Sandy relief, the Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director of Church and Community Development with the LCMS Office of National Mission, got a call from a...
View ArticleCPH’s 2013 VBS includes offering “Ready Now” for LCMS Disaster Response
Concordia Publishing House’s 2013 vacation Bible school program includes an offering opportunity for “Ready Now: Disaster Response Fund,” which enables the LCMS to respond quickly to those who are...
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