In 1970, the LWF Director of Church Cooperation visited Cuba, and in 1981 Mr. Seierstad, a staff member of the Norwegian Santal Mission, visited the Cuban Lutherans on behalf of the LCMS and the Lutheran World Federation. He found the members faithful, though they lacked Bibles, hymnals, catechisms, and other Christian literature. Work was restarted in 1985 to reconstitute the Lutheran church. There now are five house churches and twelve preaching points in the church. Eight pastors, four of whom are women, serve more than 800 members.
Congregational life is dynamic and full of spirit, pointing to an exciting future.
An organized church is emerging again as church buildings occupied by the government are being returned. With financial assistance from the Santal Mission and the Lutheran World Federation, the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil sent a pastor to teach at the ecumenical seminary at Matanzas in 1987. This was the beginning of the academic theological training of an indigenous Cuban clergy. They have developed a two-year program for the formation of these leaders. Pastoral care is being developed in ways that reflect the unique situation and needs of people in Cuba, as well as sound theology in the Lutheran tradition.