by Ethan Christofferson | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
I like the word “visceral.” I use it sometimes when I want to describe a response to something—one that emerges out of deep feelings, and doesn’t get filtered by rational thought. For example, when I describe the time I slogged down a cup of leftover coffee which had...
by Michael Kittelson | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
At times in our ministry among the Hakka people in Taiwan, we work with older people. Our prayer is that they would have days of clarity so that we and their family members can share with them that there is a God who loves them and that Jesus has died for them. Mr....
by Linda Bengtson | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
Nearly five-and-a-half years ago, several weeks after the great earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan, Dean began his daily commute from Sendai to Ishinomaki, where we are presently located. Through a series of God-ordained connections, he soon met and started...
by Pastor Malloum | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
Pastor Malloum and his wife Rachel serve the Chadian Lutheran Brethren Church as missionaries to the Fulbe people of Chad. I first heard about Abdu (an alias) as I was visiting with a Christian friend at the weekly open air market in Ba’illi, the town across the river...
by Joel Nordtvedt | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
In the summer of 1981, my wife and I arrived with our toddler at the CLB Annual Convention with great anticipation. We had been called by Lutheran Brethren International Mission to go to Taiwan and begin a ministry among the Hakka Chinese. I resigned my position in...
by David and Sonja N. | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission, Lutheran Brethren Seminary, North American Mission, We are LB Church (NEWS)
At the 2016 CLB Biennial Convention LBIM Mission Mobilizer and Recruiter Dan V. sat down with David and Sonja N. to discuss their call to Chad. Dan V.: Dave… You and Sonja moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota from Washington state three years ago, to attend seminary. It...
