News
News Archives
Ordination
of first two pastors of ELCTG
On
Sunday, November 25, 2012, the first two pastors of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church of The Gambia (ELCTG) -- Samuel Simeon Thomas
and Fatima Bass Thomas -- were ordained after completing their
B.D. studies at Makumira University College in Tanzania.
The service was held at 4:00 pm at the Presentation of Mary School
Compound, Brikama. The Ordination was officiated by the ELCTG's
sister church, the Lutheran Church of Senegal (LCS).
Pastors
and members from the LCS and other churches in The Gambia also
participated, as well as missionaries from the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America and the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission
serving in Senegal.
