Concordia Lutheran Mission Society
Partners In Missions
Rev. Edmundo Retana is LCC’s full-time missionary in Cartago, Costa Rica. LCC covers all the costs of this ministry, which includes an annual stipend for Rev. Retana, outreach and ministry materials, transportation expenses, and rent and utilities for the mission.
I want to support Mission and Ministry in Costa Rica.
Reaching out with the Gospel to those on the streets is a daunting task. LCC has been blessed to have Missionary-at-Large, Rev. DJ Kim, serve as street reach chaplain in Regina. He has described the police car he uses as a “mobile church” in which he is able to reach out with both God’s Law and Gospel to many young people associated with gangs and/or criminal activities. The time he spends with members of Regina’s police force also enables him to care for those first responders who regularly face tremendous evil and heartache. Rev. Kim is uniquely situated to share the life-giving and life-changing Gospel to all these individuals, and has witnessed the Holy Spirit touch many lives through the Word that is proclaimed. LCC is truly blessed to have such a dedicated and gifted servant of the Word providing this vital ministry to those in need in Regina.
I want to support troubled youth and young adults in Regina.
Rev. Dr. Somers has been faithfully serving as LCC’s primary Missionary-at-Large since 1994, both overseeing and serving our French Ministry in Quebec. There are currently mission congregations in Montreal, Quebec City, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, and Sherbrooke. This ministry continues to produce theological and devotional resources used by French speaking Lutherans around the world. More recently, this ministry has partnered with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti to provide online theological education to seminary students in Haiti and other French speaking nations. To carry out this vital ministry and mission work, LCC financially supports our Missionary-at-Large, as well as the travel expenses and materials for this ministry.
I want to support Rev. Somers in Quebec.
For the past few years, CLTS student, Poya Zamani, a refugee from Afghanistan, has been doing outreach in the Niagara region while studying at the seminary. As a result of his outreach work, converts from various backgrounds have been catechized, baptized and have become members of our local congregations in the area. In order to support this important evangelism, LCC commissioned Poya to serve as an evangelist to the Niagara region. Poya currently serves under the oversight of the Mission Director and is locally supervised by the Circuit Counsellor.
I want to support Muslim community outreach in Niagara region.
Most of the church workers in our sister Church in Nicaragua cannot afford adequate medical care. For several years, LCC has provided financial assistance to our sister Church in Nicaragua to help cover the costs of urgent medical care and treatments for the pastors and deaconesses serving the Church. In order to continue to assist in this area, LCC has established a medical aid fund to support the church workers of ILSN.
I want to support medical care for pastors in Nicaragua.
