2000 (CLCI)

January — BoM members, Pastor Bruce Naumann and Mr. Jack Mayhew, accompanied by Pastor Koenig conducted a visitation. This allowed the board members a fuller understanding of some of the intricacies as well as the scope of the work. June — The first two graduates of the seminary were Isaiah and Jacob. Jacob went out

June 18, 2000

The first service was held by the new congregation of 32 adults and 24 children. They set up a board of elders and a pastor, Samson, who had been 7th Day Adventist.

April-May 2000

A several day meeting was held in Nairobi between Pastor Koenig and four pastors of the LCEA: Angowi, Issangya, Ukotu, and Massawe. Fourteen pamphlets and leaflets explaining our doctrinal position on a variety of subjects were presented by Pastor Koenig. The Tanzanians also presented a doctrinal paper. There was apparent agreement on all topics. They

Initial Contact

On April 4, 2000 Pastor Jesse Angowi sent his inquiry about the CLC to Prof. Pfeiffer at ILC. Since the missionary was going to Kenya for meetings with the Etago people at the end of April, an email was sent to Pastor Angowi of the Lutheran Church of East Africa inviting him to come to

Initial Contact

In 1999 Elinore Gbedey was returning to the USA from teaching in the country of Benin. She came through Lome, Togo to visit there, since she is married to a Togolese. While in Lome, she came across a Lutheran, Amegan Kwaku Kpello (Mike) and explained our church to him. He seemed to have some interest,

June-August 1999

The first extended period of time in India of preaching and teaching in the field was carried out by the missionary in both the BELC and the CLCI. During this time, volunteers Lawrence and Natasha Bade and David Povolny helped in the field. Lawrence and David preached and taught pastors and seminary students in the BELC

October 13, 1998

As of this date, Pastor Muzakuza’s group called itself the Eglise Lutherienne de Confession du Congo, ELCC, basically us in the Congo.

Initial Contact

Pastor Mutombo Muzakuza was baptized Catholic and joined a confessional Reformed Church in 1978, ordained as a bishop in 1977. He left and sought to form a new church in the Lutheran mold, as suggested by a Methodist bishop. The chairman of the CLC Mission Board corresponded with Pastor Muzakuza in April 1998. The correspondence

Summer 1998

Volunteer Karen Strike spent a month working with the orphans at Nidubrolu (CLCI), especially helping them with English.

May 1998

Pastor Jyothi Benjamin began his Bible Institute program on a two-year basis at Nidubrolu. Previously in the BELC, Pastor Bas had started his Martin Luther School two-year training program at Uthukottai in 1990.

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