Posts with the category “international-mission”

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Director Venberg Visits Taiwan
March 20th, 2023
International Mission Director Dan Venberg recently visited Taiwan to spend time with our missionaries and the Taiwanese church leadership. The future of collaboration with the Chinese Lutheran Brethr...  Read More
by Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World
March 18th, 2023
During this coming month of Ramadan, a Muslim holy month, we invite you to pray for Muslims around the world. Ramadan starts on Wednesday evening and runs through April 20.International Mission Direct...  Read More
by Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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Ask the Animals Devotional Published
February 28th, 2023
"Ask the Animals" is a brand new 31 chapter devotional by Dan Venberg, Director of International Mission. He writes in his introduction, "My love for God's creation and what it can teach us is the pri...  Read More
by Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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The Impact of Education and the Gospel
February 7th, 2023
On my weekly walk to the village market, I was surprised to hear a child’s greeting ring out in clear French: “Bonjour, Monsieur!” This is the greeting that our students use at the Gethsemane school w...  Read More
by Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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Our Chad Team is Growing
February 2nd, 2023
Our Chad Team filling the conference room at our Welcome Center! In the 1990s, LBIM missionaries in Africa had been primarily supporting the growing Chadian LB Church in the region. As this national C...  Read More
by Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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A Long Journey to Chad
February 1st, 2023
To explain one’s call, be it to ministry in the Church or abroad as a missionary, seems to the one who is called the most ordinary thing: “Well, I was just called to do this.” When I was a pre-med stu...  Read More
by Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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The Joseph Project
January 13th, 2023
Women Together is the tagline for the Women’s Ministries of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren (WMCLB) vision and values statements that were formed this past year. This has also been fitting for thi...  Read More
by Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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Called to the Body of Christ
January 13th, 2023
"So, how were you called?” During this past year and a half of studying at Lutheran Brethren Seminary in preparation for mission work in Chad, I’ve been asked that question more than a couple of times...  Read More
by Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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Overwhelming Odds and Overabundant Grace
November 21st, 2022
In December 2021 we packed up our belongings and moved from Hsinchu to Taichung City. After having spent the past three years in Mandarin Chinese study and visiting our Chinese Lutheran Brethren churc...  Read More
by Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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Genesis, Ruth, Jonah and John Translated into Bagirmi
October 4th, 2022
We are praising the Lord that the books of Genesis, Ruth, Jonah, and the Gospel of John are now translated into the Barma language and in print for the first time for the Bagirmi people of Chad. These...  Read More
by Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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Sacrifice for the Gospel
September 29th, 2022
Meet T (name removed online for privacy). She is the wife of A and mother of ten beautiful, hard-working children. T and A are our Chadian missionary partners in our village (See above photo). They ha...  Read More
by Troy Tysdal
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Remembering the Kaardals
September 29th, 2022
Kaardal descendants meeting with CLB representatives at the grave of Jetmund and Sofie Kaardal. I can only imagine the emotions and thoughts that flowed through the minds of Jetmund and Sofie Kaardal ...  Read More
by Troy Tysdal
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Kittelsons Retire
August 26th, 2022
After 35 years of faithful missionary service in Taiwan, Michael and Delores Kittelson will be retiring from the field. They will be returning to the United States in December of this year, and will r...  Read More
by Troy Tysdal
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An Instrument for His Glory
July 15th, 2022
By the time you are reading this article my family and I will, Lord willing, be in Chad serving as CLB missionaries to the unreached. God has been very gentle with our family in leading us through pre...  Read More
by Troy Tysdal
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En ce Moment
July 15th, 2022
En ce moment (“at this time,” in French), we live in a constant tension between the hard and the good. This period of transition from France to Chad, while at times hard and overwhelming, can be at th...  Read More
by Troy Tysdal
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LBS Students Trip: Chad, Africa
May 11th, 2022
Over the years, I have seen many Glimpse Project videos detailing Lutheran Brethren International Mission (LBIM) work in Chad. But it was an entirely different experience to stay with and get to know ...  Read More
by Troy Tysdal
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Making Disciples for Christ
March 11th, 2022
Jesus mentions proselytism only once, and it’s not nice. In Matthew 23:15 (ESV), he says, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte,...  Read More
by Troy Tysdal
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We Will See the Glory of the Lord
January 4th, 2022
Recently I have been studying the story of Elijah, the Old Testament prophet. I often preorder English Bible study materials according to the mood of the day. I like the author of the material. Or… th...  Read More
by Troy Tysdal