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B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #238 I Cor.. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. April 15, 2013 REQUEST FOR PRAYER Pastors D. Paul, Deepak and Rajamani of the BELC will travel to Odisha State, India on April 22nd returning May 3rd to meet with a Lutheran

January 2012 East Africa Visitation Trip Report

“And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them” – Mark 16:20 In Badagari, Nigeria, a new church standing on the border between Benin and Nigeria welcomed me and pastors from three other countries. Some of these pastors came from churches with traditions and songs vastly diverse from our typical Lutheran heritage. Here traditions were shared while unity was preserved. As the words of F. Pieper reminded this group, “The unity of

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #212

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #212 I Cor.. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ March 15, 2012 Annual Report of BELC India Districts -Uthukottai, Chennai, Tiruvallure, Tiruttani, Vaniyampadi, Sri Kalahasti, Koppedu, Chittoor These are excerpts. – Number of Pastors Serving – 261, Number of Baptisms –

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #186

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #186 I Cor.. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ February 9, 2011 News from Congo The CLCC reports that they have new work in the north from Katanga Province on the border of Zambia with new congregations forming there. We pray for

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #175

B.A.S.I.C. NEWSLETTER #175 I Cor.. 16:9 ‘For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.’ Aug. 29, 2010 Martin Essien(NCLC), Nigeria , after concluding the Christian burial of his father, was able to join Pastors Ohlmann and Mayhew in Congo to join in the visitation there. We thank

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

History of 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

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