Two Letters, Two Leaders: Responses to Middle East Conflict A response to Canada’s support of the UN resolution ~ from a post published on December 15, 2023 on The United Church of Canada’s website This week, Moderator Carmen Lansdowne and … Continue reading →
National Bishop and Primate’s Letter to the Prime Minister ~ posted to the In Full Communion: Anglicans and Lutherans Working Together in Canada website December 14, 2023 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada House of … Continue reading →
A response to partners’ requests from the Middle East In a letter dated November 18, 2023, the General Council Executive, its corresponding members, and the members of the National Indigenous Council issued a plea to Prime Minister Trudeau to advocate … Continue reading →
Church leaders urge Prime Minister Trudeau to call for a ceasefire and open corridor for humanitarian aid ~ posted on the In Full Communion: Anglicans and Lutherans Working Together in Canada website The letter can be downloaded here.
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ELCIC joins with Canadian Lutheran World Relief in responding to the crisis in Gaza, where a massive humanitarian emergency is unfolding. ~ from a post on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s website dated October 23, 2023 As a response … Continue reading →
ELCIC national and synod bishops write to members of the church “with heavy hearts, full of concern for the war between Israel and Hamas.” The letter appears below and can be downloaded here. The Lutheran World Federation’s statement referred to … Continue reading →
The level of human loss and suffering is unconscionable and must stop. KAIROS Canada, the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Mennonite Central Committee of Canada, The Presbyterian Church in Canada, and The United Church … Continue reading →
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem” – Psalm 122: 6 ~ from an email from Karin Achtelstetter, Executive Director, Canadian Lutheran World Relief, sent on October 12, 2023 with the subject line “Update from our partners at LWF Jerusalem” Dear … Continue reading →
Moderator Carmen Lansdowne Reflects on What Is Happening in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories The following reflection was posted on Moderator Carmen Lansdowne’s Facebook page on October 8, 2023. I have been sitting on the side of my … Continue reading →
The National Bishop and Primate Released a Statement on October 8th The statement by Bishop Susan Johnson, the National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and The Most Rev. Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, … Continue reading →