We are: LATVIAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN IRELAND.

Our mission: “To grow in Christ and to help teach His love to others.”

Our adress: ST. FINIAN’S CHURCH, 24.ADELAIDE ROAD, DUBLIN 2

Our pastor:

Artis Druvietis.

+3530863743796;  e-mail: artis.druvietis@gmail.com

Short biography

 

Born in Riga in 1981, baptized at the age of nine, Artis started his spiritual

journey in Riga Luther’s congregation where he was confirmated in 1999. Not a

long after the confirmation Artis felt God was calling him to ministry. Artis started

his studies of theology in year 2000 in the Faculty of Theology of University

of Latvia and as he grew in his pastoral calling, after a year he commenced

his studies at Luther’s Academy in Riga, which is the seminary of Evangelical

Lutheran Church of Latvia (ELCL).

Artis graduated from the seminary in 2004 and was ordained in 2005.

Dubulti Evangelical Lutheran congregation was the first place of ministry for Artis

followed by Imanta, Riga, where in 2006 Artis worked at starting a new ELCL

congregation and St.Gregor’s Cristian Missions Centre where Artis served as the

director from 2007 – 2010.

In the beginning of year 2011 Artis was called to serve as missionary

pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ireland which serves Latvians in

emigration in Ireland. Artis moved to Ireland in May, 2011 together with his wife

Laura and four children: Daniels, Jekabs, Janis and Katrina. Based in Dublin,

the family truly enjoys the living and ministry in Ireland. The special interest of

Artis as well as his ministry purpose is to see house groups multiply throughout

Ireland.

House group is probably the most effective form of reaching the Latvians

for Christ in Ireland. Outside Dublin, Swords, Longford, Carrickmacross and

Limerick are the places where Artis has been invited to work together with the

local Latvian Christians to plant house groups there. Artis has planned to visit

regularly each of the places to spend a day talking to the local group, teaching,

praying together and encouraging them in their daily walk with Christ as well as

their mission to reach their friends and neighbours with the Gospel.

web: www.druvietis.lv

 

Our mission stations: Limerick, Cork, Belfast, Carrickmacross, Swords, Navan, Naas, Edgeworthtown, Carlow, Wexford, Newbridge.

Our regular partners:

The Lutheran Church in Ireland: http://www.lutheran-ireland.org

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod: http://www.lcms.org/

Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad / Latvijas Evaņģēliski Luteriskā Baznīca ārpus Latvijas (LELBāL): http://www.lelba.org/, http://www.baznica.de/

The Porvoo Churches: http://www.porvoochurches.org/

Our partners:

World Council of Churches (WCC): http://www.oikoumene.org/

Conference of European Churches (CEC): http://www.cec-kek.org/

Lutheran World Federation (LWF): http://www.lutheranworld.org/

Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE) – Leuenberg Church Fellowship: http://www.leuenberg.eu

Communication Committee of Lutheran Minority Churches in Europe/ Kommunikationsausschuss Lutherischer Minderheitskirchen in Europa (KALME): http://www.kalme.net/

Theobalt – Baltic Church Network: http://www.theobalt.org/

Churches Alive International (CAI): http://www.churchesalive.org/

Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad / Latvijas Evaņģēliski Luteriskā Baznīca ārpus Latvijas (LELBāL): http://www.lelba.org/, http://www.baznica.de/

The Baltic States

Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church / Eesti Enageelne Luterlik Kirik (EELK): http://www.eelk.ee/

Lithuanian Lutheran Church: bishop.office@times.lt, sabutis@times.lt

The Scandinavian States

Church of Sweden / Svenska Kyrkan: http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland / Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko: http://www.evl.fi/english/

Germany

Nordelbian Evangelical Lutheran Church / Nordelbische Evangelisch Lutherische Kirche (NELK): http://www.nordelbien.de/

Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church / Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche (SELK): http://www.selk.de/

The Lutheran Church in Saxony / Evangelish-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens: http://www.landeskirche-sachsen.de/

Gustav Adolf Association / Gustav-Adolf-Werk: http://www.gustav-adolf-werk.de/

Martin Luther Association / Martin Luther Bund: http://www.martin-luther-bund.de/

Great Britain

Church of England, Salisbury Diocese: http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/

USA

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America: http://www.elca.org/

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod: http://www.lcms.org/