Articles

Posted on 7/25/2024 - 5 minute read

The Rev. Delwyn X. Campbell, Sr., MA ’15, a Concordia graduate, shares his experiences transitioning from ministry work in Gary, Indiana, to leading two Lutheran congregations in Lansing, Michigan, and how his Concordia education influences his approach to cross-cultural ministry.

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Posted on 11/1/2023 - 4 minute read

Jean-Enock Berus’19, MA ‘23 came to Concordia as an undergraduate from Port-au-Prince after the devastating earthquake of 2010 killed his father. His story since then is one of hope, ministry training, and new possibilities.

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By Jean-Enock Berus '19, MA '23
Posted on 10/23/2023 - 2 minute read

I was born in Haiti and went to school at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and School, Port-au-Prince. After high school, I attended a seminar to become a teacher and began working as a teacher and youth leader at Good Shepherd. After an earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, I began working as a translator for visiting missionaries. In that role, I met Pastor Quinton Anderson from Concordia and Pastor S.T. Wiliams from St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Los Angeles.

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Posted on 3/20/2023 - 4 minute read

Rev. Stephen Heimer, MA '11 serves as the Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in El Paso, Texas, leads worship weekly at Ysleta Mission in Ciudad Juarez, and performs in the Mariachi San Pablo, a hymn-playing mariachi band that he founded.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 7/21/2020 - 7 minute read

In the former lumber town of Navajo, New Mexico, Concordia University Irvine cross-cultural ministry graduate Tim Norton and his family minister to people of the Navajo Nation in the midst of high poverty, social problems and great cultural and natural beauty. With the help of Concordia University Irvine teams and interns, Norton leads the people of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church as they bring the restoring message of the gospel to the reservation.

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Posted on 10/23/2019 - 3 minute read

In 2015, the All Nations Endowment was established to provide ongoing scholarship assistance for qualified CMC students. Shortly thereafter, by God’s grace, an anonymous donor gave a very generous $1 million gift to the endowment. Now, six CMC students are receiving scholarships funded by the All Nations Endowment. These students are working in local contexts where there is a need for mission work. They are uniquely positioned to cross into new cultures and reach the lost with the Gospel.

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Posted on 10/16/2019 - 2 minute read

The moment eighteen-year-old David Kim, MA '03 left the evening worship service at a church in Seoul, Korea, he knew his life was going to take a different path than he had expected. Undeniably, David was confident that God was calling him to seize opportunities in the mission field. It was the particular region of the world that surprised him.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 7/1/2018 - 7 minute read

Ramon Contreras, MA ’04, coordinator of Lutheran Border Concerns Ministries (LBCM) in San Diego, has established a unique partnership with his alma mater, hosting and training groups of Concordia University Irvine students annually as they build homes, serve at orphanages and worship in churches south of the border.

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