ELMSC Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society for the Chinese

a reminder about our project to translate and publish CFW Walther's Pastoral Theology in Chinese. The initial translation is scheduled to be finished by the end of this month! If you'd like to support this project, you can do so here:

Pastoral Theology Translation Project The Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society for the Chinese, Inc. is an LCMS Recognized Service Organization and is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation approved by...

Hermann Sasse now speaks Chinese! Our first published Chinese book translation is "Was heißt lutherische?" or "Here We Stand," by Hermann Sasse. The book was recently published and printed in Taiwan. To receive copies in North America, please contact us via our website (click on the "email us" at the bottom of the page): https://lutheranchinese.org/contact/ To receive copies in Asia, please contact the China Evangelical Lutheran Church: https://celc.org.tw/published-books/

Pictures from our recent 9th Annual Mandarin Chinese seminar on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana (CTS-FW), are now posted on our webpage (link below). In some respects, this was probably our most "successful" seminar yet, in part, as there were several attendees who are now seriously considering enrolling in either an MDiv, MA, or Deaconess Studies program at CTS-FW.

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Thanks be to God for a smooth and beneficial annual seminar June 7-10 at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. This year, Rev. Xinhong Yang taught the Epistle to the Hebrews, and Rev. Drs. Gifford Grobien and Michael Paul taught the Ten Commandments from Luther's Small Catechism.

Partnering with a Taiwanese Lutheran congregation, help put on an English Bible Camp to share the Gospel with elementary and middle school aged children in the community of Hsinchu, Taiwan. Learn more and sign up here:

https://servenow.lcms.org/opp/2024-english-bible-camp-taiwan/

Here's a fun recent addition to the CHI collection: Deborah Blumer's "Called According to His Purpose: Missionary Letters from China"! Blumer's nearly-500 page work includes approximately 150 photographs, correspondence, and other documents detailing the life and ministry of Lutheran missionary to China George Lillegard and his wife Bernice. It's a great one to check out if you're interested in what life was like in China for Christians a hundred years ago.

This work is now in our permanent collection, which means you can view it in-person at our archive! No plans to "meet me in St. Louis" anytime soon? It's available for purchase in print or ebook, too: https://www.amazon.com/Called-According-His-Purpose-Missionary/dp/0578014548

If you would like to make a donation through Thrivent, or direct your Thrivent Choice dollars to the ELMSC, please use this link:

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新書推介 New book recommendation:

被聖道改變的生命 - 中華福音道 路德會 偉人常被定義為「改變人類歷史長久以來的面貌」的人，但是，我們也需看到：是「誰」使用這位偉人去改變歷史？本書命名為《被聖道改變的生命— 馬丁路德的一生》，即為引導讀者，看到隱藏在偉人身上的上帝和祂的話語.....

We just posted a presentation by Rev. Paul Nelson (translated into Mandarin Chinese) on "The Lutheran Mind" on our website:
請看我們剛貼上的專題：路德宗的思維:

The Lutheran Mind 路德宗的思維 •講員：倪維禮牧師 Rev. Paul Nelson  中譯：白霈德牧師 Rev. Dr. Michael Paul •中華福音道路德會2024年年會 •2024年1月22-23日 – 新竹奈米大樓 (聖道教會) 第一部分： 第二部分：…

Serve at an English Bible Camp in Taiwan! Work alongside a local Lutheran church to host a VBS-style camp for children learning English using Bible stories. Read more about this opportunity at https://servenow.lcms.org/opp/2024-english-bible-camp-taiwan/

Taiwan - LCMS International Mission Taiwan Summary The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod began work in Taiwan in 1951. In 1966, the China Evangelical Lutheran Church (CELC) became an LCMS sister church. Today, the LCMS supports Concordia Middle School and Concordia English Language Academy by providing GEO missionaries. They serve as E...

https://reporter.lcms.org/2024/from-the-mission-field-helping-chinese-speakers-in-singapore/

From the mission field: Helping Chinese speakers in Singapore The Rev. Dr. Michael Paul was invited by the Lutheran Church in Singapore to teach the new Chinese translation of Lutheranism 101.

From the mission field: Helping Chinese speakers in Singapore The Rev. Dr. Michael Paul was invited by the Lutheran Church in Singapore to teach the new Chinese translation of Lutheranism 101.

The Coffee Hour — Sharing Jesus’ Love in Hong Kong Deaconess Carol Halter talks about being an evangelistic missionary among the Chinese people in Hong Kong since 1981.

"My Call to Taiwan is to serve as a “theological educator,” which just means that I teach God’s Word to many or to few, to pastors and to new (and sometimes non-) Christians. My latest opportunity to teach is at Salvation Lutheran Church, where we now regularly worship. Every Sunday morning I teach a small group the Augsburg Confession. We look at the text of the confession itself, but spend at least half our time looking at some of the many Bible verses from which the confession is drawn," writes missionary Rev. Dr. Michael Paul, serving in Taiwan. Learn more: lcms.org/paul

Save the dates - The 2024 9th Annual Chinese Seminar on Holy Scripture and Luther's Small Catechism: June 6-10, 2024 (as always, on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN). 2024年的研討會將在6月6-10日舉行。

TODAY IN HISTORY: On August 7, 1913, Rev. E. L. Arndt preached his first sermon in Chinese.

Eduard Louis Arndt was born on December 19, 1864 in Bukowin, Pomerania, Germany (now in Poland). In 1866 he immigrated to Chicago, and would go on to attend college in Fort Wayne and seminary in Saint Louis. He served as pastor at Trinity in East Saginaw, Michigan from 1885 until 1897, when he took a position as a professor at Concordia College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He then made a seismic career change: he helped found a Lutheran mission to China in 1912, and in early 1913 he arrived to Hankow, China where he would serve as a missionary until his death on April 17, 1929. Arndt's mission became an official LCMS mission in 1917, by which point his congregation included 17 baptized members.

Theological Education in Taiwan - Engage LCMS missionary Rev. Dr. Michael Paul serves as a theological educator in Taiwan.

ELMSC board members Revs. Michael Paul, Clinton Hoff, and Thomas Dunseth at the LCMS Convention

ELMSC is at the LCMS Convention. Please stop by and see us if you're there also!

On the last half-day of the seminar, Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Indiana professor Rev. Dr. Walter A. Maier III helpfully gave interpretation of the Bible verses in the Small Catechism's Table of Duties. Rev. Dr. Michael Paul translated

Pictures from the third day of our seminar. We worshiped this morning at Redeemer Lutheran Church. In the afternoon and evening, Rev. Dr. Paul taught us Luther's Small Catechism, this year focusing especially on "Daily Prayers" and the "Table of Duties."

a few pictures from the second day of our seminar...Rev. Dr. Michael Paul preaching during Matins, and the campus tour.

A few pictures from the first day of our seminar. Rev. Xinhong "Chris" Yang taught us Leviticus.

Our Eighth Annual Chinese Seminar on Holy Scripture and Luther's Small Catechism began today at Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN. Thanks be to God! Pictures to follow.

Church windows: I don't create stained-glass windows, so designing them comes only in special opportunities. Flanking the altar, these represent the Old Testament and New Testament, and were executed by local artisans. What is even more special is that the artisans -- and the Lutheran church which contains the windows -- reside in Taiwan.