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GHANA:
“NOT ONE DOLLAR IS NEEDED” Ghana and many other countries are deeply blessed as Muslims and traditional religion practitioners are reading Luther’s Small Catechism, A Child Garden of Bible Stories and other translated books in our own languages.
In 1517, Martin Luther professed that indulgences and other human merits were not a requirement for a baptized child of God, who has been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
A young Muslim man who became a Christian recently was reading about the Three Men in a Furnace in A Child’s
Today, the Lord is using LHF to continue the work of Luther by making the Small Catechism and other important books available to both Christians and
Garden of Bible Stories. Boldly, this man remarked, “If God saved men who refused to worship idols from fire, then it’s a great thing to become a Christian!”
non-Christians so that they will read, believe and understand that not one dollar is needed by God for forgiveness of sins, life and salvation. It is all free.
MOZAMBIQUE:
A TRANSLATOR COMES TO FAITH Mozambique people are bound to their fears and sins by their traditional religions (ancestors’ cult) and also by Pentecostal churches. But now the peace and freedom by grace through faith in Jesus that Luther experienced in the 16th century are experienced by the Mozambique people as they hear the Good News preached and taught by the Lutheran Church. It’s amazing to see their joy and how they celebrate the love of God and the grace of Jesus with dancing and clapping! To spread these good teachings, we hired a man named Abek Sifa to translate Luther’s Small Catechism to the local Chisena language. He is now beginning the translation of Koehler’s Summary of Christian Doctrine. While working, he became convinced that the Lutheran doctrine is true and became a faithful Lutheran. Now, he is being prepared to be a pastor!
Tribal chiefs in Ghana - who are idol worshippers - read God’s Word to them in LHF’s Kusaal language edition of A Child’s Garden of Bible Stories.
- Rev. Dr. Nicholas Salifu Pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana
NIGERIA: Even as Muslim forces persecute and threaten Christians in Nigeria, new Christians are lining up to be baptized. “We passionately use the translated Confessions in the Yala language to catechize people into the Christian faith, and we continue teaching them to remain steadfast in the one true faith,” writes Rev. Dr. Michael Adoga, rector of JEM Lutheran Seminary in Nigeria.
Luther’s Small Catechism in the Chisena language is being used during worship services by pastors and church leaders to teach people God’s truth. The goal is that every family shall have a copy to read and to memorize at home, as the oral tradition is very strong in this area. If the adults are illiterate, the children read it to their parents and grandparents. We thank God for this 25 years of translation managed by LHF, bringing Christ to the peoples in their own languages. May God bless LHF and the supporters of this ministry further on, for the glory of our God and for the salvation of many more!
- Rev. Dr. Carlos Winterle Missionary to Mozambique from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil
Studying the Yala catechism
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