From an email received at LHF: “Good morning! Do you have materials in the following languages? If so, I would love 5 copies of each to be sent to Martin Luther High School: Czech · Simplified Chinese · Arabic · Albanian · Burmese · Vietnamese · Italian · French · German · Portuguese · Spanish … Read More
May God be with you. I am a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Alberta, Canada. I have been contacted by a Syrian refugee in Lebanon and now our church is considering sponsoring him as a refugee to come to Canada. I am searching for Arabic language materials as he grows in his Christian … Read More
As a teen, Hesham Shehab took his gun and prowled the streets of Lebanon by night, stalking his Christian enemies. Today, he is a Lutheran pastor and translator/editor for LHF’s Arabic materials. It’s an amazing story of God’s ability to transform a dark soul. In 1960, Rev. Shehab was born to a Lebanese Muslim family … Read More
More than 420 million people worldwide speak Arabic, and not surprisingly, many of those Arabic-speakers are Muslim. But what might be surprising is how few Christian – and more specifically, Lutheran – resources exist for sharing the Gospel with Arabic-speakers. Now, thanks to LHF’s partnership with Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) and the Michigan and Carolinas LWMLs, a … Read More
July, 2014 – Rev. Jim Buckman, a U.S. military chaplain stationed in Qatar, writes: There is no LCMS-affiliated church in Qatar. The government of Qatar has allowed the building of “Church City”- a huge site with half a dozen church buildings on it, used by over 90 different congregations each week. The Christian community has … Read More