– by Anna Irwin, LHF staff writer Picture this: A prominent businessman in your neighborhood dies. It’s the middle of the afternoon, and in the streets, men are shouting. At first, it’s only one or two voices, but steadily more and more join in until it’s a mob of angry men. They’re looking for a … Read More
by LCMS missionary Michael Ritzman You may have heard about the Day of Repentance worship service we had in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Aug. 27. If not, then briefly, the day is a government holiday, but we missionaries decided to use this opportunity to gather bishops, pastors, evangelists and anyone else who wanted to … Read More
At Irylea Lutheran Church, nestled in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), over 400 people packed the church to see, for the first time, a Lutheran Bible storybook written in their own language. At the September service to dedicate the Tok Pisin edition of A Child’s Garden of Bible Stories, a Sunday school … Read More