Lutherans Here & There

population: 64 million
Christians: 39 million, or 61%
Lutherans: 7.9 million Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) —or 1 in 8 Tanzanians
population of the village of Kirangare: 800
Kirangare choir practices per week: 3 plus Sunday
Pare Diocese minimum pastor’s salary: $250/mo

population: 335 million
Christians: 250 million, or 63%
Lutherans: 3.1 million (ELCA) + 1.8 million (LCMS) + 0.34 million (WELS) = 5.2 million Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) —or 1 in 64 Americans
population of Quad Cities metropolitan area: 381,570 (144th largest in U.S.)
Zion choir practices per week: 1 plus Sunday
Southeastern Iowa Synod’s minimum pastor’s salary: about $5,000/mo

Kirangare Lutheran Parish

About 450 Christians in four Preaching Points

Straight-line distance, 8,367 miles or 13,465 kilometers, or about a quarter of the way around the globe

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Wednesday September 14, 2022	Travel from Same to Kirangare Welcomed at Kirangare
Thursday September 15, 2022	Zion Day Care Centre Idaru Preaching Point Pastor Kivatiro and Upendo’s house Dairy Project cow #1
Friday September 16, 2022	Makasa Lutheran Church
Saturday September 17, 2022	Kirangare Dispensary Mpare Preaching Point Dairy Project cow #2
Sunday September 18, 2022	Worship at Kirangare Lutheran Church
Monday September 19, 2022	Kirangare Secondary School Meeting with Companionship Committee for Reflection and Farewell
Tuesday September 20, 2022	Home Communion visit with “Mama” Leah Elinazi Travel from Kirangare to Mwanga