B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #36

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #36 September 1, 2004 I Cor. 16:9  ‘for a wide door for effective work has opened to me,  and there are many adversaries.’ MISSIONS IS OUTREACH As you our overseas brethren know, we stress reaching out above all to those not in the faith.  Think of Paul’s work of three successive mission trips

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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #35

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #35 August 21, 2004 I Cor. 16:9  ‘for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ THE FOLLOWING WAS SUBMITTED BY PROF. DAVID LAU, OF EAU CLAIRE, WIS. U.S.A. From the beginning God has always wanted all people to hear about His plan of salvation in

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2004

January 26 The school year began with eleven in the four year program and no new students in the probationary year. March 16 Pastor Matthew Gurath, wife Priscilla and son Jed were in Nigeria for three months. April 4 Patrick Johnny was ordained to do work among the Muslims in the north. Previously, he and

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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #34

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #34 August 3, 2004 I. Cor. 16:9 ‘for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ ROBERT THOMAS (KOREA) killed 1866 Robert Thomas was ordained on June 4, 1863, in a little church in Hanover, Wales. The next month he and his wife were sent to

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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #33

B.A.S.I.C. #33 July 14, 2004 BARON JUSTINIAN ERNST VON WELTZ The foremost of Lutheran voices in the 17th century for reaching out was certainly Baron Justinian Ernst von Weltz who published five treatises on missions.  He put forward searing questions, “Is it right that we, evangelical Christians, hold the gospel for ourselves alone, and do

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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #32

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #32 June 15, 2004 LEARNING FROM THE PAST We learn from the missionary Raymond Lull to follow Christ even into a martyr’s death.  Lull truly loved his enemies and died as did the first recorded martyr, Stephen. (Quote from ‘VOICE OF THE MARTYRS’) Raymond Lull, 1232-1315 “First Missionary to the Moslems” At age

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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #31

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #31 May 20, 2004 Dear Brothers in Christ, greetings in the name of our Risen and Ascended Savior Jesus Christ. My name is Pastor Todd Ohlmann.  I serve a small CLC congregation called Faith Lutheran Church in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.  Pastor Koenig has asked me to compose the B.A.S.I.C. Newsletter for this

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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #30

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #30 May 14, 2004 I Cor. 16:9 For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. My name is David Lau, and I am one of the teachers at Immanuel Lutheran College and Seminary in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. Every three years I teach a course in

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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #29

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #29 April 20, 2004 I Cor. 16:9 For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. LUTHERAN CHURCH OF EAST AFRICA – TANZANIA On April 4, 2000 Pastor Jesse Angowi, bishop and head of the church, sent an inquiry letter to the CLC.  As the missionary was

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2004

LCEA and CLCEA Problems between two sections of our sister church resulted in another group being registered due to not being able to work together. With the missionary on the field in December, meetings and discussion were held toward a God-pleasing resolution. The LCEA has started serious work at Tanga and Dar es Salam. The

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