Anna Bagnall Irwin

With wide brown eyes, the young Nicaraguan boy eagerly reaches out for the book the kind man offers him. He’s never owned a book of his own before, and this one, with its bright pictures and many stories, is beautiful to him. Clutching it to his chest, he can hardly…

Is your church’s evangelism committee looking for a good way to integrate the Good News about Jesus into your mercy and outreach activities? Mission-minded believers across the U.S. are using LHF’s devotion booklet, “Jesus Never Fails,” as an evangelism opportunity in all sorts of ways. Karen Wilson, a member of…

Although LHF’s work in the traditional Chinese language (used primarily in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) is constantly expanding, translations in simplified Chinese (used in mainland China) have lagged in recent years mainly due to a lack of qualified translators, editors and layout artists. In 2024, God answered LHF’s prayer…

In a small village in Thailand, a little boy opens the bright yellow cover of his brand new book, the first he’s ever owned. A kind woman named Esther had told him it was all about Jesus. Raised as a Buddhist with his parents putting him in training to one…

In faraway Karelia, Russia (not far from the border with Finland), a small group of new Lutherans has reclaimed a piece of Lutheran history and started a new church. The group of new believers had been studying LHF’s translation of Luther’s Small Catechism when they learned that a church from…

One of the most widely respected of writers in contemporary Lutheran circles is Rev. Dr. Robert Kolb, author not only of a translation of the Book of Concord (with Timothy Wengert), but also such popular reads as The Christian Faith and Speaking the Gospel Today. Kolb’s books are appreciated for…

For over 80 years, believers entered the doors of Bethlehem Lutheran Church to worship, baptize their babies, get married, and be buried in Christ. But in 2022, their congregation had to make a heartbreaking decision, and in April 2023, those doors closed and locked behind them forever as they dissolved…

When LCMS Deaconess Kim Bueltmann received her call to serve in the mission field of Leipzig, Germany, her fluency in the German language made moving there less daunting. But little did she know that she’d be witnessing to far more people than the Germans! In recent years, Germany has become…

– by Anna Irwin, LHF staff writer Picture this: A prominent businessman in your neighborhood dies. It’s the middle of the afternoon, and in the streets, men are shouting. At first, it’s only one or two voices, but steadily more and more join in until it’s a mob of angry…

– by Anna Irwin, LHF staff writer “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my…