05/29/2018
From President Harrison: This is one of the most significant days in the history of the LCMS and confessional world Lutheranism. The Lutheran Church in Madagascar, some 4,000,000, and one of the largest Lutheran Churches in the world, voted less than an hour ago to seek fellowship with the LCMS. We are deeply humbled, and deeply thankful. This is the result of growing love and partnership, recognising a unity of confession of Christ, the gospel and the truth of the inerrant scriptures, and of the Lutheran confessions. We have grown together through LCMS World Relief and Human Care medical mercy work, aids projects, graduate education for Malagasy leaders at our Ft. Wayne seminary, the work of our Africa region missionaries, of our church relations division, the CTCR and more. The Malagasys have taught us much about zeal for outreach, and care for the most needy. And we have much more to learn. Thanks be to God! (Photo from 2014 Convention of the Malagasy Lutheran Church)
