Lutheran Church in Great Britain

We have received a message from the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Council of Malcolm Bruce. Photo: CLC Lutheran Churches, bishop Tor B Jørgensen, “I am sorry to announce that Malcolm Bruce will be leaving the CLC on the 15th July 2020 to pursue his external consultancy business and other voluntary activities that he is involved in. During almost 2 years with us, Malcolm has given us valuable advice about the direction of the Council and successfully carried out the di

The Rt Revd Mariann Budde Episcopal Diocese of Washington Episcopal Church House – Mount St. Alban Washington DC 20016-5094 Let justice roll down like water, and righteousness like an everlasting stream. Amos 5:24 Dear Bishop Budde, Dear sister in Christ, With growing concern, the people of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain and I have been following the news of events unfolding in the US. The image of the White House being obscured from view by the billowing smoke of the p

Pentecost on stained-glass window at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker in Tagbilaran, the Philippines. Photo: Joe Coyle On the Day of Pentecost the Lutheran Church in Great Britain comes together virtually and invites everyone along to commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit, bringing God’s presence to all people. “The story of the first Pentecost is an important story for the Christian church. The Spirit opened a new horizon for the Jesus Movement. The Gospel has no

Screenshot: Sarah Farrow On the Day of Pentecost the Lutheran Church in Great Britain comes together virtually and invites everyone along to commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit, bringing God’s presence to all people. “This year we are physically separated by the pandemic, but as united as ever by the Holy Spirit across geographical borders and cultural differences,” says Dean Elīza Zikmane, and Bishop Tor B. Jørgensen encourages, “We believe that Jesus through the Spir

Mansfield College, Oxford. Photo: Joanna Penn We were looking forward with enthusiasm and expectations to hosting an important European LWF (Lutheran World Federation) Church Leadership Consultation in Oxford in September. The preparatory process went on by Zoom, hoping that the impact of the Corona-pandemic would weaken enough to make it possible for around 90 participants to meet at Mansfield College 21-23 of September. But at our last preparatory meeting we had to realize

A historic consecration in Norway Dr Olav Fykse Tveit was on Sunday (May 10) consecrated as the new presiding bishop of the Church of Norway in a historic service where the Corona-rules limited the number of participants to 50 people! Under normal circumstances the beautiful national Cathedral of Nidaros would have been filled with guests from all over the country and with international church leaders and His Majesty King Harald present. The social impact of the Corona virus

Revd Sarah Farrow sits with students during an in-person gathering at the International Lutheran Student Centre (ILSC) before the COVID-19 shutdown. Photo: ILSC Voices from the Communion: Revd Sarah Farrow Lutheran World Information (LWI) – “Always questioning,” is how Revd Sarah Farrow describes her Lutheran identity and the students she walks alongside in her chaplaincy work. Farrow is college chaplain for Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Lutheran chaplain at King’s

Photo: Stanley Goh Revd Dr Roy Long is a Pastor Emeritus of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain, born in Nottingham in 1942. He studied theology at Mansfield College, Oxford, and was ordained on Reformation Day in 1970. He has been a pastor in different congregations in LCiGB alongside his main service in the educational sector. From 1984-2008 he worked as on of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools. He has a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Nottingham. The

Photo: Sør-Hålogaland bispedømme During more than 50 years I have celebrated Workers Day, the first day of May. It is a public holiday in Norway. In many cities and local communities, a parade is part of the celebration. In a small mining village in the northern part of Norway called Sulitjelma, the traditional celebration has been kept almost every year since a famous miners’ strike took place in 1907. Only during the Nazi occupation (1940-45) there was no public celebration

On the 25th of April the LCiGB should have held its Synod-meeting in Leeds with St. Luke’s congregation as the host. We had looked forward to this opportunity to come together sharing news and looking forward, “building on our roots”. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of LCiGB, established as the United Lutheran Synod in Great Britain in 1961. This year we had planned for a tree-planting event in the garden of St. Luke’s, following up a project connected with the Luther-

To the clergy and congregations in the LCiGB Dear friends, In the name of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit! These are strange times, indeed! For me as a bishop of a church in GB it is painful not to be among you, experiencing the situation like it unfolds in the local and national context of your congregations. My period of self-isolation On Thursday the 12 th the Norwegian government decided that those who had entered Norway from a country abroad later than the

At a wonderful service in the German Church in Knightsbridge, London, UK the Rt Rev Tor B Jørgensen was received as Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain. Bishop Martin Lind, the retiring Bishop, presented Bishop Tor with his pectoral cross and mitre during the service, much to everyone’s amusement because Bishops in the Norwegian Church, from which Bishop Tor comes, don’t wear mitres, so this is something new he’s going to have to get used to! Opening the service Bi