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  • Tanzanian  2022 mission trip …1356 baptisms during the 5 and a half day outreach week

    Tanzanian  2022 mission trip …1356 baptisms during the 5 and a half day outreach week

    Photo credits to Jane Mayden. This year our mission team was taken to Busega district to conduct our mission outreach. Busega district is located on the far northwestern corner of the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD) and borders Lake Victoria on the west. We did outreach in 3 villages in Busega area. Gininiga  a…

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  • Tree of Life Lutheran Church Mwadui, Tanzania comes to life

    Tree of Life Lutheran Church Mwadui, Tanzania comes to life

    Missionary Cheryl Kruckemeyer reports exciting news from her village outside of Mwadui.  A group of people starting worshipping under a magnificent Baobab tree. They were able to purchase a one acre of land to begin constructing their own church. What is exciting is that the people do this work with their own hands. Everyone proudly…

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  • Shinyanga Albino Ministry -update

    Shinyanga Albino Ministry -update

    Tanzania, ELCT-SELVD (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania – Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese) Great news from Shaun Trump. Teams from the Mid-South District have been supporting ministry to the Albinos in the Shinyanga Region. This year during our visit to the Mwadui Lutheran Secondary School the Head Master/Assistant Bishop Yohana Nzelu showed us 2 new…

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  • Fifth Annual Theological Symposium hosts largest audience to date

    Fifth Annual Theological Symposium hosts largest audience to date

    CTSFW in partnership with St. John Lutheran Church, Decatur (Indiana) and the ILC, served the South East of Lake Victoria Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (SELVD) at the Fifth Annual Theological Symposium held at its Training Center in Negezi on August 3-6. According to Assistant Bishop, Dr. Yohana Nzelu, there was the…

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