Public prayer at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Astana

Astana, July 01, 2009 (Khabar) - The General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, Ishmael Noko who is a participant in the 3rd Congress of World and traditional Religions, has attended a mass at an Evangelical Lutheran Church in Astana. Speaking in front of his spiritual brothers and sisters, the Lutheran leader underlined that despite the number of Lutherans is not very big, these people are part of those millions of followers of this belief around the world. There are 10 thousand Lutherans in Kazakhstan. He expressed his satisfaction with he activity of the Astana Church and said that believers make their contribution to the development of this major branch of Western Christianity which in some period was about to disappear.

Ishmael Noko, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation:
- Having met with my brothers and sisters from Kazakhstan, I have received a lot of positive emotions. I will join the mass on Sunday again. Tomorrow, at the congress I will speak on behalf of all Lutheran believers living in Kazakhstan and around the world. Even if the congress does not solve all the global issues, it will at least make people of various beliefs listen to one another.