Lutherans in Africa

forming African Christians to be teachers of the faith

The adage if you give a man a fish you feed him for a day, but if you teach him to fish you feed him for life is never more apt than with the mission of Lutherans in Africa (LIA).  By training pastors, evangelists, and church workers, we are teaching not merely this generation, but the ones to come.

In Africa, the lack of resources available for education, coupled with traditional beliefs and practices, leads to misunderstandings of the Living Word. From the congregational level to the national church body, an overwhelming need exists for basic doctrinal teaching for Lutheran pastors, evangelists, and deaconesses.

Currently working in 20 countries, LIA addresses this issue by not only teaching confessional Lutheran doctrine, but by training African pastors to be the teachers in their own communities.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH WE WORK

Benin    Burkina Faso    Burundi    Cameroon    DRC (also known as Congo-Kinshasa)    Ethiopia    Republic of Congo (also known as Congo-Brazzaville)    Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)    Guinea    Kenya    Madagascar    Malawi    Rwanda    Somalia    South Africa   Sudan   Tanzania    Togo    Uganda    Zambia

    And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

    And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 

    So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 

    And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Acts 8:27-31

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