Lutheran CORE leaders call for 40 days of prayer preceding historic Convocation

The leaders of Lutheran CORE are inviting Christians around the world to join in 40 days of prayer as Lutherans in North America gather to form the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) and to shape the ongoing ministry of Lutheran CORE as a community of confessing Lutherans regardless of their church body affiliation.

Lutheran CORE’s 2010 Convocation is set for Aug. 26-27 at Grove City Church of the Nazarene in Grove City, Ohio (suburban Columbus).

The 40 days of prayer begin on July 19 and continue through Aug. 27, the day the NALC will be constituted. Devotions and prayers have been prepared for each of the 40 days by members of Lutheran CORE’s Steering Committee and Advisory Council and by pastors and church leaders in North America and around the world.

“The significance of this undertaking to form a new church body must be undergirded by the prayers of God’s people, not only in North America but around the world,” said the Rev. Rebecca Heber, a member of the Lutheran CORE Steering Committee who is coordinating the prayer effort.

“All of us in Lutheran CORE have been encouraged by the support of Christians around the world. We are especially grateful for their prayers and covet their prayers during these 40 days,” Pastor Heber said.

Heber and her husband, the Rev. Bill Heber, are developing Oasis Church, a new NALC mission congregation in the Orlando, Florida, area.

The devotions and prayers will be posted on Lutheran CORE’s website.