Title: Lutherans Plan Global Mission Events
ELCA NEWS SERVICE
LUTHERANS PLAN GLOBAL MISSION EVENTS
"Born Anew to a Living Hope" will be the theme this summer when the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gathers mission-minded
participants at three Global Mission Events. They will be: June
27-30 at Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash.; July 18-21 at Augustana
College, Sioux Falls, S.D.; and July 25-28 at Susquehanna University,
Selinsgrove, Pa. In 1995 the global festivals drew more than 3,000
people. Speakers will include the Rev. H. George Anderson, bishop of
the ELCA; Musimbi Kanyoro, secretary for Women in Church and Society,
Lutheran World Federation, Geneva; Marva Dawn, Christians Equipped
for Ministry, Vancouver, Wash.; the Rev. Barbara R. Rossing, New
Testament professor, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; and the
Rev. Mitri Raheb, a Palestianian pastor from Bethlehem#s Evangelical
Lutheran Christmas Church. Missionary staff of the ELCA will come
from many countries to take part along with international guests from
partner churches around the world. Music to be performed comes from
Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe. Preachers
will be the Rev. Yutaka Kishino, mission director of the ELCA's
Pacifica and Southern California (West) Synods, and Ana Villanueva,
Department for Mission and Development, Lutheran World Federation.
Youth and children will participate in special global programs and
activities designed for them.
For information contact: Ann Hafften, Dir., ELCA News Service, (312)
380-2058; Frank Imhoff, Assoc. Dir., (312) 380-2955; Lia
Christiansen, Assit. Dir., (312) 380-2956
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