24: Rethinking the Ekklesia - with Donald Sjoberg

24: Rethinking the Ekklesia - with Donald Sjoberg

Author: David Goa April 8, 2024 Duration: 1:25:19
I am pleased to be joined by Pastor Donald Sjoberg for this on-going series of conversations on the Ekklesia. Bishop Sjoberg was born in 1930 on a farm near Clanwilliam, Manitoba. His early life was shaped by the Swedish immigrant community and Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Erickson, Manitoba. He studied at Luther College in Regina and at the University of Saskatoon where he was a part of the Lutheran Student Movement. For a decade and a half, he served as National Bishop for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada, retiring from that position in 1993.

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