Jen Bagnall

Kids’ Offerings Provide Bible Storybooks in War-Torn Ukraine

Jul 28, 2023 Comments Off on Kids’ Offerings Provide Bible Storybooks in War-Torn Ukraine
September 26 @ 4:07 pm

Throughout the 2022-2023 school year, the students’ mission offerings added up. Fifty cents here, a few dollars there… and soon the gifts from dozens of LCMS day schools and Sunday schools from across the United States became enough to print 3,000 copies of the Ukrainian A Child’s Garden of Bible…

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Teaching Translators in Sierra Leone

Jul 28, 2023 Comments Off on Teaching Translators in Sierra Leone
September 26 @ 4:07 pm

LHF translation work isn’t simple. Aside from knowing basic vocabulary and grammar, translators need to thoroughly understand the Lutheran meaning and teaching behind the theological terms. Even more challenging, when in a country where Lutheranism is new to the people, translators may need to create new vocabulary for Christian concepts…

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“This seminar put our spirit on fire!”

Jul 28, 2023 Comments Off on “This seminar put our spirit on fire!”
September 26 @ 4:07 pm

Dear brethren at LHF, It is with great joy and pleasure for me to write and express my sincere thanks and appreciation to this great and wonderful organization. We held a wonderful three-day seminar from May 16-18 with Rev. Dr. Dinku Bato and Rev. Mark Moss [from LHF]. This seminar…

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Proclaiming Jesus to the Mayans

Jun 1, 2023 Comments Off on Proclaiming Jesus to the Mayans
September 26 @ 4:07 pm

Did you know there are still hundreds of thousands of Mayan people in Mexico and the United States? They need to hear the Word spoken in Mayan. LHF is here to help with “Jesus Never Fails.”

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LHF to Print New French Hymnal for Africa and Haiti

Jun 1, 2023 Comments Off on LHF to Print New French Hymnal for Africa and Haiti
September 26 @ 4:07 pm

More than 97 million people in 29 countries speak French as their first language and have established Lutheran churches. What they don’t have is a common Lutheran hymnal – until now!

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Lutherans in Sudan Flee Fierce Fighting

Jun 1, 2023 Comments Off on Lutherans in Sudan Flee Fierce Fighting
September 26 @ 4:07 pm

As two rival generals vie for control in Sudan, war has broken out in the capital city of Khartoum. Hundreds are dead, and church members need prayers for protection.

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LHF Begins Innovative Teaching Seminars in Africa

Mar 31, 2023 Comments Off on LHF Begins Innovative Teaching Seminars in Africa
September 26 @ 4:07 pm

The church in Africa is growing quickly! So quickly, that well-trained pastors and good resources are spread too thin. That’s why LHF created Project 72.

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Hmong Language School Plants Seeds of Faith

Mar 31, 2023 Comments Off on Hmong Language School Plants Seeds of Faith
September 26 @ 4:07 pm

Thousands of Hmong people who fought alongside American soldiers in Vietnam had to flee or die. Today, 300,000 Gospel-seeking Hmong live here in the U.S.

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Join LHF’s Book-a-Month Club!

Mar 31, 2023 Comments Off on Join LHF’s Book-a-Month Club!
September 26 @ 4:07 pm

Remember the days of the Book-of-the-Month clubs? Today, LHF challenges you to join a new kind of book club, where YOU provide Lutheran books to new Christians.

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Rev. Richard Nuffer Named LHF Chairman of the Board of Directors

Jan 30, 2023 Comments Off on Rev. Richard Nuffer Named LHF Chairman of the Board of Directors
September 26 @ 4:07 pm

Rev. Richard Nuffer (pictured at left), retired lawyer and professor emeritus at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind., has been named the new chairman of the LHF Board of Directors. He replaces Rev. Walter Otten, who retired at the end of 2022 after many years of faithful leadership. “In…

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