Thoughts of Faith - Latvia

Pastors like Gundars Bakulis and Ilars Plume have built the Augsburg Institute and the Confessional Lutheran Church of Latvia (CLCL) into quite a success story - 11 pastors, 13 congregations and 500 adults, and the numbers are growing.

Through the Augsburg Institute, we are striving to keep the reformation alive. The institute was organized to spread the Gospel of our Lord Jesus and promote the teachings of confessional Lutheranism. It also provides a place for those who wish to learn and study God's Word. The Institute publishes the Latvian Lutheran; a popular paper where the Word of the Gospel goes forth just as it did at the time of the Reformation.

"Your paper is doing wonderful and very useful work. I have been a member of a Christian church for many years, but it is only through the Latvian Lutheran that I have come to understand the Gospel. Now I understand the mission of Christ and the forgiveness of sins."

-- Parishioner J. Karklins