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Let’s Talk About World Mission Souvenirs Bible Study
Intriguing images and inspirational stories from the World Outreach ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Peru, Chile, India, Korea, Ukraine, Czechia and Latvia.
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Original World Mission Souvenirs Series
At Work in the Kitchen!
This is hardly a kitchen American Christians can relate to, but it is where the cook in an Indian or…
Useful Yes, But Fragile
These ceramic bowls were crafted and decorated by a Peruvian rainforest artisan. St. Paul teaches us…
Bringing the Gospel to Faraway Places
Anena Christensen served in a mission in India, 1926-1939. For that period, she was the only ELS rep…
They Are Not in Jail
These boys reside in an orphan home in Guntipalli, India. The bars on the windows are a customary bu…
Built on the Rock…
This stone church souvenir is made from a of sample of the material produced at a quarry outside San…
Whose Hat is This?
Among the Ukrainian Orthodox clergy, four locks of hair are clipped from those who profess commitmen…
More World Mission Souvenir Photos
WMS Photo 40
A common feature in Asian architecture, the roof made from fired clay tiles arches upward as it extends outward. Atop the ridge of the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul are Japsang figures, mythological animals thought to ward off evil spirits, in particular to protect against fire. Rather than relying on superstition, we pray “Deliver us from evil” in the prayer our Savior taught. Why should we trust Christ for physical, material and (more importantly) spiritual protection? Because we know “Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.”