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Reformation anniversary countdown continues
The first board meeting of the newly-constituted “International Lutheran Society of Wittenberg” (ILSW) was held in Wittenberg, Germany, March 17, 2008. Present for the meeting were leading representatives of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and its German sister church, the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK). Canadian-born Rev. Wilhelm Torgerson, a pastor of SELK, is in charge of this joint LCMS-SELK project.
As the Reformation Jubilee of 2017 approaches (500th anniversary of Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses), the ILWC seeks to give prominent expression of its confessional heritage at the various Luther sites in Germany. It also wants to provide a spiritual home and place of respite to the many pilgrims from confessional Lutheran churches throughout the world who will visit Wittenberg between now and the jubilee. Currently an old school is under renovation to become a visitors centre.
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