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Blessed to follow God’s lead

By Helen Beringen | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

Be careful of barbecue conversations, because you never know where they might lead! Especially if you are newly retired and have an open mind about where God might be leading you. This was certainly true for retired Openbook Publishers (formerly Lutheran Publishing House) General Manager Warren Schirmer, 73, and his wife Marianne, 69, when they […]

No longer broken

By Pastor Paul Kerber | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Japan

‘I’m no longer broken!’ These words, spoken two years ago by a pastor who is a leader in an LCA partner church of 300,000 people in Indonesia, continue to touch my heart and remind me of the power of the gospel. As I began a four-hour seminar with leaders of that church, along with their […]

Opening hearts to the gospel

By Arlene Zerna Reyes | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers

In 2020, amid the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) began a mission at Tiaong, in the primarily agricultural area of Quezon Province, south-east of Manila. LCP had plans to begin its Biblical Vocational Lay Institute (BVLI) there, but a mission congregation arose first after Rev Antonio del Rio […]

‘Border Crossings’ Issue 34

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Please enjoy this issue of Border Crossings and read about how God’s love is coming to life through the word-and-action gospel work of our partner churches.

From darkness into Christ’s light

By Bishop Esra Sinaga (GKLI) and Pastor Matt Anker | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia

Living in the physical darkness of the Indonesian rainforest and the spiritual darkness of the religion of their ancestors, the Suku Anak Dalam are a nomadic people from Sumatra who survive by hunting, foraging and trading. Otherwise known as the Sanak people, their name roughly translates as ‘people of the forest’. With no access to […]

135 years of gospel in PNG

By Pastor Giesa Panpan | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Christians have marked 135 years since the gospel of Jesus Christ first landed on the PNG mainland, introduced by Lutheran Pastor Johannes Flierl at Simbang Finschhafen, Morobe Province, on 12 July 1886. The written and oral histories of how the gospel spread are beyond imagination: crossing high mountains, fast-flowing rivers and […]

Small churches, big visions for Mission

By Pastor Matt Anker | 0 comment | Categories: Scholarships, Singapore

The Lutheran Church in Singapore (LCS) is a small church, with six congregations and a couple of thousand members. They do not break records when it comes to numbers. But God never worries about such things! Despite their size, LCS has enormous vision and commitment to mission, dedicating time and resources to outreach mission work […]

Lu Guan Hoe succeeds Terry Kee as 3rd Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Singapore

By Janice Tai | 0 comment | Categories: Singapore

“I hope you do not … compare yourself with me because you are not me. You have gifts that I don’t have. But God can use each one of us according to what he has given us and for what we lack, God can impart it to us along the way.” Outgoing Bishop of the […]

500,000 ways stamps make mission possible

By Peter Nitschke | 0 comment | Categories: Stamps for Mission, Stories

Stamps and missions have a lot in common. While one person or one activity may not be able to make much of a difference on their own, so it is with stamps. One stamp and one person may not be significant but many people collecting many stamps can make a great difference, in the support […]

Learning together in mission

By Rev Dr Dan Mueller | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

Most Friday mornings I hear a wonderful sound: the Skype ringtone. It announces that Pastor Hans Giegere is calling me for our weekly supervised reading session. From my office in Walla Walla, situated in the rural farming district of the Riverina New South Wales, I hear how Hans is going and we discuss an article […]

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