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Companion Synod
Program
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Lutheran Church of Christ Nigeria (LCCN)
The
Companion Synod and Companion Congregation Program came into
existence with the establishment of the new Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America in 1988. Each synod was requested to choose a
country with which they have had some type of ministry
relationship and agree to formalize the program. Several of the
Lutheran church leaders in Nigeria had attended the Lutheran
seminary in St. Paul and established relationships with church
leaders in the Twin Cities. Minneapolis accepted the opportunity
to be in partnership with the
Lutheran Church of Christ in
Nigeria.
It so
happened that in 1989, the newly installed Bishop of the
Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, David Windibiziri, was a
graduate of Luther Seminary and his advisor, David Olson, was
elected to be the Bishop of the Minneapolis Area Synod of the
ELCA. In the following year, church leaders from Minneapolis
visited Nigeria and formalized their companion synod
relationships with hopes of finding congregations that would be
willing to participate in the companion congregation program.
Currently, the Minneapolis Area
Synod has partnered 14 congregations with LCCN congregations in
Nigeria. See the list below.
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Minneapolis Area Synod Congregation |
Nigeria Partner |
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Advent
Lutheran Church, Anoka |
LCCN #1 Mayo Belwa |
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Cambridge
Lutheran Church, Cambridge |
The Mashiah Foundation |
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Epiphany
Lutheran Church, Minneapolis |
LCCN #1 Kubi |
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Faith Ev.
Lutheran Church, Waconia |
LCCN #1 Guyuk |
| First
Lutheran Church of Crystal, Brooklyn Park |
LCCN #1 Mubi |
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Light of
Christ Lutheran Church, Delano |
LCCN #1 Nyanya |
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Mount
Calvary Lutheran Church, Excelsior |
LCCN #1 Jimeta |
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Our
Saviour's Lutheran Church, East Bethel |
LCCN Dogon Dutse |
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Ev. Lutheran
Church of the Redeemer, Minneapolis |
LCCN #1 Bauchi |
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Shepherd of
the Lake Lutheran Church, Prior Lake |
LCCN #8 Malamre |
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St. John's
Lutheran Church, Minneapolis |
LCCN #1 Yola |
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St. John's
Lutheran Church, Zimmerman |
LCCN Dogon Karfe |
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St. Philip's
Lutheran Church, Fridley |
LCCN #1 Bille |
| Women of the
Minneapolis Area Synod - ELCA |
LCCN Women's Fellowship
Group |
Prospective Partnerships:
| St. Barnabas Lutheran Church,
Plymouth |
| LCCN #6 Nepa - Jimeta, Adamawa State |
| LCCN #1 Lafiya - Adamawa State |
| LCCN #1 Demsa - Adamawa State |
| LCCN #6 Jalingo - Taraba State |
| LCCN #1 Jalingo - Taraba State |
| LCCN #1 Shellem - Adamawa State |
| LCCN #1 Galilea - Maiduguri, Adamawa
State |
| LCCN #1 Gombi - Adamawa State |
| LCCN #1 Jada - Adamawa State |
| LCCN #1 Forfure - Adamawa State |
| LCCN #1 Gwagwalada - Abuja |
| LCCN #1 Suleja - Abuja |
LCCN Diocese:
- Bonetem Diocese
- Gongola Diocese
- Shallholma Diocese
- Todi Diocese
- Yola Diocese
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