Tag: Dr. Lawrence Rast

  • First Graduations Take Place at LCMS-Supported Tanzania Center

    First Graduations Take Place at LCMS-Supported Tanzania Center

          Cross Posted at Lutherans Engage the World — Engaging the Church in the work of witness and mercy across the globe in our life together by LCMS Communications.by Erik M. Lunsford Tanzanian Pastor Frank Mdindi isn’t yet used to being called “pastor.” On a Friday in March, he jotted notes during a…

  • Raising up Church Workers in Tanzania

    Raising up Church Workers in Tanzania

    Raising up Church Workers in Tanzania   The Reporter Online/LCMS “Today we give thanks to God,” the Rev. Dr. Timothy Quill said March 14, “as we celebrate the graduation of the first pastoral and deaconess classes from the Bishop Makala Training Center” in Tanzania. The next day, 21 new pastoral candidates were ordained and seven deaconesses…