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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Kannika Killion

Confessions of faith: Kannika Killion

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A new Christian is excited to learn more about God’s Word and grow in her faith. Growing up in a predominantly Buddhist country, Kannika Killion did not imagine she’d be…

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Read more about the article Amen, Amen

Amen, Amen

  • Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
  • Post published:2021/03/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Some psalms, hymns, or spiritual songs make a lasting impression on you at a certain time in your life. Different events or situations in life can leave you hanging onto…

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Read more about the article ELS president with the Lord

ELS president with the Lord

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/03/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

John Moldstad Jr., president of WELS’ sister synod the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS), suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on Jan. 29. “We know and trust that God in his great…

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Read more about the article District news: April 2021

District news: April 2021

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/03/26
  • Post category:FIC News/District News

Arizona-California On Feb. 5, Mount Calvary, Redding, Calif., hosted a drive-in movie night for the community. Dakota-Montana St. Paul, Rapid City, S.D., organized an outdoor children’s Christmas service on Dec.…

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Potential new world mission fields

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/03/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

More than 7,000 people groups in the world live without access to the good news of Jesus Christ. With these unreached people groups in mind, three world missionaries were tasked…

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Read more about the article Investing in a rich worship life

Investing in a rich worship life

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/03/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Lomira, Wis., is a small town of about 2,500 people located approximately 50 miles northwest of Milwaukee. St. John has been a fixture in Lomira since 1863 and is the…

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Read more about the article WELS podcasts: Dust and Breath

WELS podcasts: Dust and Breath

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/03/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Podcast: Dust and Breath Host: Ethan Cherney Description: A devotional podcast for Bible people about the people of the Bible. A taste of previous topics: Job’s wife, Jezreel, Issachar, Caesar…

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Read more about the article A day in the life of the Lutheran Mobile Clinic

A day in the life of the Lutheran Mobile Clinic

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/03/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

For 60 years, the Central Africa Medical Mission (CAMM) has been providing health care to people in Africa through clinics in Malawi and Zambia, serving over 70,000 patients a year.…

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Planting seeds

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  • Post published:2021/03/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Confessing your faith, even at difficult times, plants the seed of the gospel. A local high school senior asked if I would come to her interfaith club’s evening event to…

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