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THE WORD AT WORK Volume 24 Number 4
FRENCH THEOLOGY BOOKS ENERGIZE AFRICAN, HAITIAN PASTORS Take a look in any American pastor’s study and you’re likely to see books – shelves overflowing, even piles of books on the floor. But in poverty-stricken areas of the world like Africa and Haiti, many pastors consider themselves fortunate if Rev. Jacob Gaugert they have even one or two theological books written in a language they can read and understand. Now, through the faithful support of countless LHF supporters, French-speaking Lutheran pastors and seminarians throughout West Africa and Haiti will have three new volumes to help them become better shepherds of their people. Thousands of copies of the French Book of Concord (already received in Togo, see photo above), a three-volume set of Dogmatics and A Manual of Christian Doctrine are
on their way to the Lutheran Center for Theological Studies (CLET) in Togo, where more than 30 students are expected this fall. “Every pastor in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod knows the importance of studying a dogmatics (study of doctrine, or teachings) text,” said Rev. Jacob Gaugert, an LCMS theological instructor at CLET. “These texts help pastors and evangelists with their tasks of teaching the faithful.” “Our pastors have the benefit of standing on the shoulders of theological giants,” agreed Rev. Matthew Heise, LHF executive director. “But for pastors and seminarians around the world who don’t have our good theological books, written in a language they can understand, they’re left to answer the hard questions on their own.” Yet for seminary students coming to CLET from countries
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