CNH Grant #15 - Matongo Seminary Chapel - LCMS Office of International Mission, Africa RegionThe Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) has a long-standing relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK) and are together in Altar and Pulpit Fellowship. Matongo Lutheran Seminary, located in Kenya, is a conservative confessional Lutheran college and provides a variety of credentials to students from a Certificate in Deaconess Studies to a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology for pastoral candidates. Students come from across the greater Eastern Africa area. Matongo Lutheran Seminary is the only institution recognized by the ELCK for training of pastors, deaconesses and evangelists for its congregations. The center for spiritual life for a seminary is its chapel; essential for the campus community for daily worship, encouragements and strengthening for spiritual formation. Currently the seminary is using a multi-purpose room for daily worship services in Kishwahili and English. The grant is seeking funds to help build a proper chapel at the seminary.
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Mite Explanation and History
Based on the Biblical account of the widow's mite (Luke 21:1-4), the mite box is intended for regular contributions of "mites" - offerings above and beyond the support given to congregations and the LCMS. Mite Box contributions amount to millions of dollars that fund district and national mission grants and implement the LWML program.
Mite Boxes, available from the district, zone or LWML office, are distributed to every woman in a society, and often to each member of the congregation. Local groups submit mite box offerings to the appointed district officer. The Widow's Mite Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” (Luke 21:1-4). Miss Penny's Video - March 2021
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