Churches
Neighbouring Countries

Mzuzu (North Malawi)

  • Primary site for lay preacher and evangelist workshops

  • 10–14 day courses held regularly since 2018

  • Led by MLC missionaries in partnership with CLCM

Blantyre – Mulunguzi (South Malawi)

  • Additional workshop location due to easier access and affordability

  • Includes local pastors Maganga and Masiya as teachers

  • Focus on catechesis, preaching, Lutheran worship and confessions

Church Body: Christian Concordia Church of Mozambique (ICCM)

  • MLC assists in pastoral training in Portuguese and Chisena

  • Training takes place at a former safari lodge near the Zambezi River

  • In cooperation with:

    • Brazilian Lutheran Church (IELB)

    • FELSISA

    • LCSM – World Mission

    • A Canadian Lutheran congregation

  • Coordinated previously by Rev Carlos Winterle

  • Over 120 congregations and around 44,000 members

Caprivi Strip near Kongola (Namibia)

  • Informal mentoring and training of local Christian leaders

  • Emerging support site rooted in refugee ministry from Botswana

  • Focused on early congregational formation

  • Emerging ministry in the Caprivi Strip near Kongola

  • Originated from work in a refugee camp in Botswana

  • MLC supports a small Christian group forming congregational identity

  • Aimed at future partnership and pastoral development

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)

  • LCSA includes one parish in Eswatini

  • MLC supports through training and missionary collaboration as needed

  • Often included under LCSA's Mpumalanga Diocese

Serving Christ Across Southern Africa

Lutheran Mission Beyond South Africa’s Borders

The mission field doesn’t stop at the border. The Mission of Lutheran Churches (MLC) actively supports and partners with Lutheran congregations in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, and historically, Botswana. In each of these countries, the focus is the same: proclaiming Christ crucified and risen, supporting faithful teaching, and training local leaders to shepherd their communities.

Through regional workshops, seminary pathways, and long-term collaboration with local church bodies, the MLC works across languages and cultures — always grounded in the Lutheran Confessions and the authority of God’s Word. Whether it’s a training lodge on the banks of the Zambezi or a youth service in Blantyre, the work remains the same: Christ preached, churches supported, and mercy shared.

Mission of Lutheran Churches