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Look Inside – Thursdays in Black: Wearing Justice

Thursdays in Black: Wearing Justice - Canada Lutheran Magazine - ELCIC
On Thursdays across the ELCIC, you might notice a pattern of people in synod offices, seminaries, and churches across the country, all wearing one colour: black. This is a part of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Thursdays in Black movement, a global initiative targeted at fostering solidarity between partner congregations and survivors of gender-based violence. Globally, one in three women have been subjected to some form of physical or sexual violence during their lifetime, according to the United Nations. In Canada, women are violently victimized at a rate nearly double that of men, and are five times more likely...
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October – Thursdays in Black: Wearing Justice

On Thursdays across the ELCIC, you might notice a pattern of people in synod offices, seminaries, and churches across the...

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August – Reckoning and Reformation: Propelling the ELCIC Forward

And just like that, 2025 National Convention has come and gone. Amid the heat and smoky haze, 164 delegates from...

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July – Leading With Courage and Faith

In 2007, Susan Johnson (she/her) was installed as the fourth National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)....

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June – Rejoicing in Hope

In an ever-changing world, Rejoicing in Hope is especially pertinent—so applicable that it is the theme of this year’s ELCIC...

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