Anna Bagnall Irwin

Nicaraguan families receive first books ever – books about Jesus!

Mar 28, 2025 Comments Off on Nicaraguan families receive first books ever – books about Jesus!
April 27 @ 8:23 am

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…

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Jesus Never Fails – Free booklet for your Gospel outreach

Mar 28, 2025 Comments Off on Jesus Never Fails – Free booklet for your Gospel outreach
April 27 @ 8:23 am

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…

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One Chinese Christian’s Story

Jan 24, 2025 Comments Off on One Chinese Christian’s Story
April 27 @ 8:23 am

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…

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The Impact of A Child’s Garden of Bible Stories

Jan 17, 2025 Comments Off on The Impact of A Child’s Garden of Bible Stories
April 27 @ 8:23 am

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…

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New believers in Russia build Lutheran church from ruins

Sep 26, 2024 Comments Off on New believers in Russia build Lutheran church from ruins
April 27 @ 8:23 am

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…

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Kolb’s books build Lutheran foundation

Sep 26, 2024 Comments Off on Kolb’s books build Lutheran foundation
April 27 @ 8:23 am

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…

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Church Closing Seeds New Life in Indonesia

Jul 27, 2024 Comments Off on Church Closing Seeds New Life in Indonesia
April 27 @ 8:23 am

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…

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In Germany’s Cities, Deaconess Bueltmann Walks with the Lost and Searching

May 29, 2024 Comments Off on In Germany’s Cities, Deaconess Bueltmann Walks with the Lost and Searching
April 27 @ 8:23 am

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…

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Fear of Witches is no Match for God’s Love

Jan 30, 2023 Comments Off on Fear of Witches is no Match for God’s Love
April 27 @ 8:23 am

– 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…

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Venid, fieles todos! O Come, All Ye Faithful in Puerto Rico!

Nov 9, 2022 Comments Off on Venid, fieles todos! O Come, All Ye Faithful in Puerto Rico!
April 27 @ 8:23 am

– 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…

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