A growing faith leads to a growing group for TELL student
On a recent trip to Africa, Joel Hoff, TELL Missionary to Africa and I were visiting many TELL students in Kenya. One remarkable student is John Omondi. “I built a […]
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CAMM March 2024 Newsletter
/in Africa, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsAlmost three years ago, Pastor Mark Anariko Onunda from Lutheran Congregations in Missions for Christ—Kenya approached the One Africa Team (OAT) and the Central Africa Medical Mission (CAMM) with a […]
Small in number, mighty in love
/in Home Missions, Missions Blog, WELS BlogsCrosspoint Church in Georgetown, Tex., has been putting on an Easter Eggstravaganza event for over four years now. Each year it has become bigger and bigger, yet membership has stayed […]
Multiple home missions under one roof
/in Home Missions, Missions Blog, WELS BlogsSt. John’s Lutheran in St. Paul, Minn., is an old congregation established by German immigrants over 150 years ago. It was the second WELS congregation started in the Twin Cities […]
Resilient in the face of rejection
/in Home Missions, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs“Christianity is dying.” “Religion is a waste of time and money and energy.” “I will be blocking any further posts from you.” Our church ran an advertisement on Facebook recently […]
Pastoral Studies Institute: Winterim 2024
/in East Asia, Joint Missions, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsThanks to the generosity of an anonymous WELS member, the Pastoral Studies Institute (PSI) was able to bring five of our East Asian PSI students to Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary for […]
Mission Journeys: Connecting with cultures in the U.K.
/in Europe, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World Missions“John 3:16 tells us that ‘God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.’ […]
Celebrating God’s goodness forever
/in Latin America, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsMay you keep celebrating birthdays until the year 3000! This is the last line in the Colombian version of the song Happy Birthday. Recently, members of Most Holy Trinity Lutheran […]
Sowing seeds in urban soil
/in Home Missions, Missions Blog, WELS BlogsWhen you think of church, what pops into your head? I think of my home church building, St. John’s in New Ulm, Minn. I can see the stained-glass windows and […]
CAMM helps address healthcare challenges in Africa
/in Africa, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsThe need for affordable and adequate healthcare is a hot topic for all countries. The Central Africa Medical Mission helps alleviate the need in Malawi, Zambia, and most recently, Kenya. […]
A reason to celebrate
/in Europe, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsFebruary 10 seemed like any other Saturday in Birmingham, England, but it was a special day for Allie and Kelly. It was Lunar New Year in East Asia. Allie is […]
Is your church a success?
/in Home Missions, Missions Blog, WELS BlogsHow do you measure the success of the church? Do you base it on the membership, weekly service attendance, weekly Bible study attendance, or stewardship? Since Grace Hmong was established […]
Latin America Mission – Winter 2024 Quarterly Update
/in Latin America, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsDuring the last months of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, our Lord of the Harvest continued to bless the work of the One Latin America Team and Academia Cristo. […]
A community of digital disciples
/in Asia, Missions Blog, WELS BlogsThe screens slowly appear one by one. Some cameras are focused on faces, some cameras remain off. Living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, stools, couches, bare walls, windows, the backdrops vary. I […]
God allows for wonderful plans to unfold
/in Joint Missions, Missions Blog, WELS BlogsPeace in Jesus Vietnamese Lutheran Church in Boise, Idaho, is a Vietnamese congregation in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. We are thankful that the Lord allowed myself and Trung Le […]
So I am sending you
/in East Asia, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, WM News“Again Jesus said, ‘Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.’ ” (John 20:21) When was the last time you paused for a moment […]
Mission Journeys opportunities in London
/in Europe, Joint Missions, Missions Update news, World MissionsThe new world mission field in London has partnered with WELS Mission Journeys to establish a volunteer program in London. Through volunteering, you have the exciting opportunity to experience life […]
Impact of TELL teaching
/in Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsWhere will my mission field be? As I sit in class in my last year at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, sometimes my thoughts drift toward the end of the year. A […]
Technology changes but the gospel message remains
/in Latin America, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World Missions486 million people speak Spanish. Could it be possible to reach all of them with an invitation to hear the gospel? Technology allows us to do just that. From the […]
Seminary students assist home mission churches
/in Home Missions, Missions Blog, WELS BlogsOver the winter break, three groups of students from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary traveled to various home mission churches to learn first-hand what it’s like serving as a home missionary and […]
A little “hope for everyday” goes a long way
/in Home Missions, Missions Blog, WELS BlogsWe live by the phrase “hope for everyday” here at Living Hope in Chattanooga, Tenn. The hope our Savior gives us is all encompassing. It’s eternal. And that hope for […]
CAMM January 2024 Newsletter
/in Africa, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsOriginally appears on the Central Africa Medical Mission website. Learn more and follow updates at camm.us. As I write this letter, it is late December and it’s amazing how it […]
A picture is worth a thousand words
/in Africa, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, WM News, World MissionsOriginally appears in the One Africa Team blog. Subscribe to future updates from Africa at oneafricateam.com. A picture is worth a thousand words – in any language. Members of the […]
It’s just sand, you can’t grow anything there
/in Home Missions, Missions Blog, WELS BlogsThe story goes that the farmers of Alabama and panhandle Florida weren’t interested in the lands now known as Panama City Beach – an area across the Hathaway Bridge from […]
Where city and country and college meet!
/in Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsAs you enter town, you cannot help but notice the sign welcoming its guests, “Morgan – where city and country meet.” It does not say anything on the sign about […]
CAMM December 2023 Newsletter
/in Africa, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsOriginally appears on the Central Africa Medical Mission website. Learn more and follow updates at camm.us. “Praise the Lord, all you nations! Worship him, all you peoples! Because God’s faithful […]
This feels like a Hallmark movie!
/in Apache Reservations, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsDo you open Christmas presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? Do you love the neatness of the artificial tree or would it be unthinkable to not have the sap […]
Eagerly awaiting the Women’s Workshop
/in Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, WM NewsEarly on a November morning in South Asia, four women arriving from Thailand carefully stepped along a narrow path between rice paddies to a remote church where over a hundred […]
“Pastor, you get seven minutes!”
/in Asia, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsIt is our largest and most time intensive outreach event of the year. It involves over 60 participants and volunteers, months of preparation, with practices on Sunday afternoons often going […]
Merry Christmas from WELS Missions
/in Home Missions, Missions Blog, WELS Blogs, World MissionsDear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Aren’t star-filled skies overwhelmingly beautiful? What about that incredibly special star above Bethlehem that led the Magi to Jesus? Every December, millions of people […]
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