2008 (BELC)

February – Pastor M. Ude arrives to work in India. April-May – Mission Helper, Larry Dassow, works in various capacities in the church including a trip to the Andamans assisting there. April – November – Joint District Conferences are held throughout the BELC to assist in district fellowship connections with each other. Oct. 9-10 – Joint

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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #131

I Cor. 16:9  ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ October 29, 2008 CLCI Film Ministry – India This report comes from Jyothi Benjamin. “It’s dusk in a tribal village in Arlapadu Kammam District. The CLCI film ministry team carries an LCD projector with amplifier, screen

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History of Nepal

September 2007 Pastor Raju Bhitrokoti, with his father’s blessing and advice, began searching the internet for Lutheran organizations that would be willing to offer pastoral training in Nepal. He “stumbled” upon the websites of a few CLC congregations. In reading and searching these sites he read reports concerning the CLC efforts to assist the CLCI

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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #130

I Cor. 16:9  ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ October 14, 2008 Highlights on our Sister Church in Congo During a recent visitation we saw that the translation work continued with six pamphlets translated into either French or Swahili. An even more ambitious agenda is

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2008 (CLCI)

February – Pastor M. Ude arrived to work in India. June – Pastors Ude and Ohlmann attend the CLCI Seminary graduation of the largest class yet of 14 also celebrating the 10th anniversary of the school. October 9-10 – Joint Leaders’ Meeting is held in Nellore between the CLCI and BELC leaders to consider the

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Myanmar 08 Visit

Myanmar 08 Visit CLC Visitation Team with UMELC Chairman Thang (left), Mrs. Khen, and Secretary Kham Between October 20 and November 8, a CLC visitaition team met with the leaders and pastors of the “Upper Myanmar Ev. Lutheran Church” in the country of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Upper Myanmar Evangelical Lutheran Church (UMELC) was founded by

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RCC Oct 08

CLC Board of Missions Report to the Coordinating Council, October 1-2, 2008 Erik Weihenmayer has been blind since age thirteen. In 2001 he became the first, and thus far only, blind person to reach the highest peak in the world when he climbed to the top of Mt. Everest in Nepal. One year later, when

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October 2008

A visitation was carried out to the UMELC by Mission Board member Larry Hansen, Mark Bohde(missionary in Thailand) and David Koenig. A two day seminar was held with attendance at 70-80. The executive committee of fifteen men was met with as well as having disussions with individuals. It would appear that we are in agreement

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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #129

I Cor. 16:9  ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ September 29, 2008 Parables (4th part) A Pastor Stubenvoll wrote some modern examples of the parable and Jotham’s fable which we will look at. Consider also how you could use these methods in preaching and teaching.

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