Lutherans Engage – Spring/Summer 2021

The Rev. Daniel Fickenscher, pastor of Iglesia Luterana Cristo El Salvador, Del Rio, Texas, leads worship on April 17 in the courtyard of a congregation member’s home in Acuña, Mexico.

Spring/Summer 2021

The church is on the move — crossing borders and moving forward with Christ. This issue of Lutherans Engage the World will take you far and wide to meet a chaplain serving deployed soldiers, theological educators teaching eager students on different continents, a mercy effort in the urban core and a new pastor crossing into Mexico to care for his flock — each one bringing Christ and His Word in unique and wondrous ways!

Feature Stories

Whenever and Wherever
The Livonian Lutheran Project, an online program based in Latvia, provides theological education in English.

In the Good Shepherd’s Fold
At The Shepherd’s Hand Community Outreach Center in Fort Wayne, Ind., Lutherans reach out to the community with human care and the Gospel.

Christ’s Gifts Freely Given
A Texas congregation continues to minister to members on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Also in This Issue

Director’s Letter: Waiting for the End

Q&A: With the Rev. Scot Kerns

Mercy Moment: Pandemics Don’t Stop Disasters — or the Church’s Response

Witness Moment: Called Up to Serve