My name is Missionary Jeff Heitsch, and I just returned from my very first visit to Nigeria. I spend half of my time working with two independent Nigerian Lutheran church bodies. The rest of my time I serve the Lutheran Church of Cameroon, along with Missionary Dan Kroll who accompanied me on this first trip. Continue reading “New Face, Old Friendship”
Chisomo Chodabwitsacho—Amazing Grace
“Amazing Grace”—we Americans love this song! Recently I used this popular song and its local language equivalent “Chisomo Chodabwitsacho” as a springboard to truly understanding “GRACE” at a women’s meeting at Crown of Life Lutheran Church in Lilongwe, Malawi. With it we reviewed the theme, “Salvation comes by Grace,” which we had boldly proclaimed in red to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. Continue reading “Chisomo Chodabwitsacho—Amazing Grace”
True Friends of the Bible
The Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC/Kenya) approached The Lutheran Church of Central Africa (LCCA/Zambia) with a formal request to establish formal church relations. On a prior visit to Zambia in 2015 the chairman of their Synod, Pastor Mark Onunda, invited the LCCA to come and start the process. The LCMC had left the fellowship of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya (ELCK) for compromising true confessional Lutheran doctrine and practice. The LCMC desires to join in fellowship with a confessional Lutheran church body in Africa. Continue reading “True Friends of the Bible”
