The Coffee Hour — Walking with Brazilian Sister Church Amid Historic Flooding

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Earlier this year, southern Brazil suffered historic flooding, affecting many Lutheran churches and members of our sister church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (IELB). The Rev. Dr. Ross Johnson, Director of LCMS Disaster Response, and the Rev. Airton Schroeder, Vice President of the Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil) working in the Mercy Area, join Sarah to share how LCMS Disaster Response works with international church partners after disasters, the extent of the historic flooding in the Rio Grande do Sul state, how Lutherans were affected by the flooding, how the IELB has responded and how the LCMS is walking alongside the IELB in this disaster response effort.

Read more about this disaster and the response from both the LCMS and IELB:

international.lcms.org/unprecedented-floods-the-church-responds

reporter.lcms.org/2024/brazil-flood-response-continues

engage.lcms.org/disasters-fall-2024

Photo courtesy of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod/Erik M. Lunsford. Used by permission.