Preaching the Gospel BOLDLY!

In this blog I write mostly about the work we do. If you'd like to get some insights about our daily life here in Tanzania, see Paula's journal entry for November HERE.

Pastor Robert Loskira preaching the Gospel BOLDLY at the 2025

Wittenberg Lutheran Seminary graduation service

"They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness." (Acts 4:31)

Jesus' disciples underwent an amazing change following the day of Pentecost. Prior to being blessed with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, they were lacking in faith, and they bickered with each other about who would be the greatest. At the arrest of Jesus they ran for their lives, and Peter denied that he knew Jesus at all. But after Pentecost they proclaimed the crucified and risen Lord Jesus boldly, regardless of the fierce opposition which they faced. What a difference the Spirit makes!

It is this same spirit of bold proclamation of the Gospel that we seek to inspire in our graduates of Wittenberg Lutheran Seminary in Arusha. On November 30, 2025 we held our graduation service at Ambureni Parish, with 1 graduate from our 3-year seminary and 3 graduates from our 1-year Evangelism program. 

Faculty and graduates of Wittenberg Lutheran Seminary, 2025

Our 2025 seminary graduate is Amos Otiendo of Moi's Bridge, Kenya. He received several years of training at our CLC-sponsored seminary in Etago, Kenya (which has since closed). He is 60 years old and the father of four. At great personal sacrifice he has completed his education here, while his family remained in Kenya. He will serve as the pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran in Moi's Bridge.

Left to right: Zakaria Dastani from Tanga, Tanzania; Amos Otiendo from Moi's Bridge, Kenya; Lazaro Joseph from Ruvu, Tanzania; and Emmanuel Chaliss from Tanga, Tanzania. The graduates of our Evangelism program (in the matching suits) intend to enroll in the 3-year seminary program in January. 

Pastor Robert Loskira preached the graduation sermon on Matthew 16:24-27, with the theme of "Giving Ourselves to Jesus, Who Gave All for Us." After the service and award of diplomas, church members and visitors gathered for a celebration meal, including the traditional whole roast goat.

We thank our gracious LORD for the opportunity to train these men for service in God's kingdom, and we are looking forward to enrolling a number of new men in the Evangelism program in the coming year. May they go forward with the true Word of God, speaking boldly of Jesus, the only Lord and Savior!

More photos and video are available HERE.

Other photos from recent events (click to enlarge)

Adult baptism by Pastor Robert Loskira, at the Maasai village of Mbuyuni

Weekend visit to Mwika congregation, near Mt. Kilimanjaro

Worship services at Mwika

Members of St. Peter's Lutheran, Kitale Kenya - Pastor Calvin Luvisha

Children of Hope Centre Children's Home - Iganga, Uganda

Opening devotion at Wittenberg Seminary

Please keep the following key dates in prayer for God's blessing!

• December 2 - Missionary and Paula Naumann depart for the U.S.
• January 8 - Missionary Naumann returns to Tanzania, departs next day for Uganda
• January 9 - Pastor Paul Nolting arrives in Tanzania
• January 12-14 - CCRU pastoral conference in Uganda
• January 13 - Seminary classes resume, with Pastor Paul Nolting at Wittenberg, Arusha
• January 19-21 - KCLC pastoral conference in Kenya
• January 22 - Paula Naumann arrives from the U.S. in Tanzania
• January 24 - Missionary Naumann returns to Tanzania from Kenya
• January 26-28 - TCLC pastoral conference in Arusha
• January 29 - Pastor Paul Nolting returns to the U.S.

FOR MORE CLC Foreign Missions News,

See Missionary Todd Ohlmann's blog HERE