Lutherans in Africa

 
 


                        Lutherans in Africa

                        c/o Bethlehem Lutheran Church

                        7500 State Road

                        Parma, Ohio 44134


NOTE: We have received tax exempt and tax deductible status from the IRS.  Donations can now be made direct to the name and account of “Lutherans in Africa.”  Here is the message from the IRS:


We are pleased to inform you that upon review of your application for tax exempt status we have determined that you are exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Contributions to you are deductible under section 170 of the Code.

You are also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Code. 

 

The letter has an effective date of June 21, 2010.  They also enclose Publication 4221-PC,

Compliance Guide for 501(c)(3) Public Charities. 


Lutherans in Africa is registered as a 501(c)(3)


Giving can be done by check to our home congregation.  Please make checks out in the name of “Lutherans in Africa”.


Alternatively, a PayPal account has been set up for the non-profit organization Lutherans in Africa.  PayPal does charge a small fee but if you prefer to donate online rather than a check you can find the links below.

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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