Mission and Ministry
Read the latest news from WELS Home and World Missions
and our eight areas of WELS Special Ministries.

Love in Action Faces of Faith
Connecting with a community
WELS Home Missions’ mission congregations focus on telling more people about Jesus Christ by going directly into the community.

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Grace—Hmong Outreach in Vietnam
God’s grace has opened doors to an unprecedented mission opportunity in communist Vietnam.

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For the generations to come
Learn how WELS Congregational Services is helping churches so that they can proclaim the gospel for generations to come.

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Latest News

Cover – Real Life — Real faces, real lives, real souls
I was nervous this year. This was our fifth year of holding an…
2019/08/22/by Marissa Krogmann

Cover – Checklist — A church planter’s checklist
A mission planter has a check-list of items a mile long. We need…
2019/08/22/by Marissa Krogmann

711×400-Prez-Together — WELS convention highlights
Delegates to the 65th biennial synod convention, held at Martin…
2019/08/20/by WELS

700×411-Neumann — Serving generations in the future through endowments
WELS Foundation announced it has distributed $2.9 million from…
2019/08/20/by WELS

700×411-EHV — New Bible translation available
A new translation of the Bible—the Evangelical Heritage Version…
2019/08/20/by WELS

700×411-BPOenrollement2019 — WELS VEBA offering full open enrollment
WELS Benefit Plans will offer a full open enrollment into the…
2019/08/20/by WELS

700×411-WM2019 — Equipping women to be “living stones”
“You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual…
2019/08/20/by WELS

711×400-WorshipHelps — Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Faith-life’s riches are hidden with God...

711×400-Devotions-TeenDevotions — Transformed – teen devotion – August 18, 2019
The lesson of Elisha is more than a lesson on punishment...

Cover – Sebastian — Faces of Faith – Sebastian
It was a moment parents dread: an early morning phone call from…
2019/08/15/by Marissa Krogmann

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho soccer camp 711×400 — Growing together with God and with our communities
Dear Christian Friend,

The Vine, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is…
2019/08/09/by agoede

Cross-Cultural Camping Trip – Cover — A cross-cultural camping trip to remember
On July 20-21, my church family (Peace in Jesus Vietnamese Lutheran…
2019/08/08/by Marissa Krogmann

My Mission Journey – Gail Kelley – Cover — My Mission Journey: Gail
Grace Lutheran Church in Falls Church, Virginia, sent a Mission…
2019/08/08/by Marissa Krogmann

700×411-Together-SC19-Resolutions — Delegates present reports and resolutions
Synod convention delegates concluded their work on Thursday morning…
2019/08/01/by WELS

Daily Devotions

2019/08/24/by wels

A Prayer for Healing – August 24, 2019

you can be sure that God hears your prayer...

2019/08/23/by wels

Grace—Hmong Outreach in Vietnam

God’s grace has opened doors to an unprecedented mission opportunity in communist Vietnam. Learn more.

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CALL REPORTS
The Call Reports detail when pastors, teachers, and staff ministers change positions within WELS.
MISSIONS
Missions conducts gospel outreach in the United States, Canada, and 23 foreign countries.
EDUCATION
WELS schools from early childhood education to ministerial education.
SPECIAL MINISTRIES
Spiritual and practical guidance and training to those with special needs or in special circumstances.

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WELS Camps

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Healthy Marriage – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

September 20 - September 21

Milwaukee WI

Oct 06

Organization of WELS Seniors Convention

October 6 - October 9

Galena IL

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Mission and Ministry

Connecting with a community

Grace—Hmong Outreach in Vietnam

For the generations to come

Latest News

Real faces, real lives, real souls

A church planter’s checklist

WELS convention highlights

Serving generations in the future through endowments

New Bible translation available

WELS VEBA offering full open enrollment

Equipping women to be “living stones”

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Transformed – teen devotion – August 18, 2019

Faces of Faith – Sebastian

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Transformed – teen devotion – August 11, 2019

Growing together with God and with our communities

A cross-cultural camping trip to remember

My Mission Journey: Gail

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Transformed – teen devotion – August 4, 2019

Delegates present reports and resolutions

Daily Devotions

Grace—Hmong Outreach in Vietnam

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July 2019 WELS Connection: Opportunities to support WELS through WELS Foundation

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