Tag: baptism
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SELVD: Finding buildings for worship
This is a congregation in the Southeast of Lake Victoria. They have no church building of their own but worship in this tobacco barn that is empty for 6 to 8 months of the year. One tradition of the churches in the Southeast of Lake Victoria diocese is after the service…
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First time missionary reflects on seeing 80+ baptisms in one day….
On Monday, June 5, 2018 I started sharing the Gospel with my team leader Joe Kuhlman. from Tulsa, OK. We shared with several young men as we went through our area of the village. As we were meeting with another man, one of the young men that we had just baptized came to us and…
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Evangelizing in the bush is only the beginning. Church planting continues after visitors leave
Evangelism on the annual trips to Tanzania is more of a church planting project. The LCMS has a partnership with the Lutheran church in Tanzania. They are educating pastors, building churches, evangelizing, and disciplining the Tanzanian population. Bush evangelism is only the introduction. The visitors drive long distances over dusty roads and walk by foot…
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Hannah is baptized at 98
BY: Judy Irwin Murphy, NC Can you imagine what it would be like to be going about your daily chores and have a group of strangers show up on your street, come to your house and tell you of someone you had never heard of before? These strangers are of a different color, they don’t look…