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Although LHF’s work in the traditional Chinese language (used primarily in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macaw) 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…

At a residence in one of mainland China’s huge cities, a package arrives. The resident happily receives his long-awaited package, a box containing Luther’s Small Catechism and other Lutheran books in his Chinese language. Finally, he can learn more about Jesus Christ!Four weeks later…A knock comes at that same door.…

Jesus’ Comfort in Calamity When Hurricane Helene unleashed her fury on the Carolinas’ Appalachian Mountains, many Americans saw for the first time how hurricanes can wipe out entire communities. Two years ago, a tragically similar scene played out in Malawi, a landlocked African country south of Kenya and Tanzania. In…

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…

“From heav’n above to earth I comeTo bear good news to ev’ry homeGlad tidings of great joy I bringWhereof I now will say and sing…” As the clear tenor voice rang through the small room and out through the open windows into the warm December air, Pornprom Nathalang took the…

Help LHF spread the Good News of the Savior’s birth to the world! It is only by the Holy Spirit working through your gifts that the LHF mission can continue to translate and publish the good books of our Lutheran faith for churches around the world. This Christmas season, prayerfully…

by Rev. Dr. Matthew Heise, LHF executive director When the calendar flipped at the turn of the century to the year 2000, there was no Lutheran church in Thailand. But by the grace of God, in October 2024 the Thailand Concordia Lutheran Church (TCLC) celebrated its 20th anniversary, which I…

Your Giving Tree can point the way to Jesus Every day, LHF receives far more requests for the books of our Lutheran faith, translated into the languages of the people, than we can answer. This Christmas season, there are a variety of projects still awaiting funding to print. Pass Along…

About 10 months ago, Rev. Joseph’s* life changed in a drastic way — perhaps forever —as he was hauled before a local judge in Haiti on vague charges, then ordered to be held without bond. Next he found himself in one of the worst prisons in Haiti, drastically unlike our…

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…