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Synod responds to suffering from ‘overshadowed’ quake in Guatemala

While traveling to New Jersey to help with Superstorm Sandy relief, the Rev. Carlos Hernandez, director of Church and Community Development with the LCMS Office of National Mission, got a call from a Guatemalan pastor about another disaster Hernandez had not yet heard about. More than a week later, many in the United States may [...]

Haitian Lutherans implore LCMS for prayers following Tropical Storm Isaac

Residents wade through a street that flooded due to Tropical Storm Isaac in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac swept across Haiti’s southern peninsula early Saturday, dousing a capital city prone to flooding and adding to the misery of a poor nation still trying to recover from the 2010 earthquake. (AP Photo/Dieu [...]

LCMS members safe from Oklahoma wildfires

LCMS-congregation members are safe after three dozen wildfires across Oklahoma torched more than 93,400 acres since they started Aug. 3. The LCMS Oklahoma District reported Aug. 7 that the only known loss among members is a barn belonging to a family at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Edmond. Some three dozen homes are among the 120 [...]