by Gary Witkop | CLB Canada, CLB Youth, Faith & Fellowship magazine, North American Mission, We are LB Church (NEWS)
Why do we do it? Why does the Church of the Lutheran Brethren—you!—invest time and money into a national convention for youth? As the Regional Pastor representing the work of North American Mission with the Youth Convention (YC), I needed to answer that. Is it worth...
by Dean Rostad | CLB Canada, Faith & Fellowship magazine
The sun was just setting on our confirmation retreat as four local pastors swapped stories about life as a parish pastor. From the stories, one could conclude that the church as a whole is facing challenging times: downright depressing attendance trends, young adults...
by Faith & Fellowship | CLB Canada, Faith & Fellowship magazine, Lutheran Brethren Seminary, North American Mission, We are LB Church (NEWS)
KRISTIAN ANDERSON: Kristian grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He moved to Sayville, NY during his junior year of high school and graduated from Sayville High School. He went on to study History and Political Science at Wagner College, and then Biblical Theology and Youth...
by Brad Pribbenow | CLB Canada, Faith & Fellowship magazine, Lutheran Brethren Seminary
It is no overstatement to say that the death of Jesus Christ stands as the single greatest moment in all human history. On that dark, dreary day outside the city walls of Jerusalem, events of historical, even cosmic proportions were taking place. Not only did these...
by Warren Hall | CLB Canada, Faith & Fellowship magazine
Have you ever received a call or heard a piece of news that cast such a shadow over you that it caused you to want to stop and turn back the clock? To return to a simpler time and place? To hit the reset button and begin again? What is it that would cause you to stop...
by Christa Redmann | CLB Canada, Faith & Fellowship magazine
Christa Redmann is the CLB’s new Executive Administrative Assistant in the Office of the President. This means that she is now the first face you are likely to see when you enter the denominational offices, and the first voice you will usually hear when you call....