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Republic of South Africa (RSA)

CLEF WORKS WITH TWO LUTHERAN CHURCH BODIES IN RSA

The Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in S. Africa (FELSiSA) and

The Lutheran Church in South Africa (LCSA)



Rev. Fehrmann with Rev. Dr. Ahlers

Rev. John Fehrmann, CLEF President, making
plans with Rev. Dr. Peter Ahlers, President of
FELSiSA.



The FELSISA, with Rev. Dr. Peter Ahlers, president, now financially independent, was started by the Bleckmar Mission Society of the German Evangelical Lutheran Free Churches. It is a small Lutheran body with 2000 members in 15 congregations. German and English is spoken, and other members who descended from Dutch settlers speak Afrikaans, a unique language developed in S. Africa.






The LCSA, also started by the Bleckmar Mission, has 12,000 members in 98 congregations with Bishop Dr. David Tswaedi as president, who also pastors a church in Soweto. Setswana and Zulu are the primary languages. The LCSA and the FELSISA are in fellowship with the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.


Rev. Fehrmann with Rev. Dr. Tswaedi

Rev. Fehrmann with Bishop Dr. David Tswaedi, President of the LCSA.



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Confessional Lutheran Education Foundation (CLEF)

  • Provides tuition grants for the Tshwane Seminary

  • Works with Luther Academy to sponsor theological seminars on the Lutheran Confessions in South Africa

  • Publishing a condensation of Pieper’s Christian Dogmatics

  • Translating three Luther volumes –

“How to Live a Christian Life,”

“Don’t Tell Me That,”

“Does My Baptism Really Count?”

in Zulu, Tswana and Luganda (Uganda)


Tshwane Seminary Rev. Dr. Weber
Tshwane Lutheran Theological Seminary Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Weber



THE TSHWANE LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY is an independent non profit org. under the Lutheran Church in S. Africa located in Pretoria, 45 minutes from Johannesburg. The seminary has 35 students from Botswana, Uganda, Liberia, Sudan and Ghana. There are 5 teachers with Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Weber IV, as Rector.

YOUR PRAYERS AND GIFTS ARE MOST WELCOME AND NEEDED to help the people of S. Africa hear about Jesus, His forgiveness and His salvation. Write or Email the CLEF for information on how you can make a difference for the Sake of the Gospel.

CLEF and YOU ARE the DIFFERENCE!