Moving fast but staying grounded
What do you do when it suddenly becomes possible for your mission church to hit its long-term goals in months rather than years? Thatās the question weāve been asking ourselves […]
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CAMM May 2025 Newsletter
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsLast December the clinic lost one of our members of staff, a nurse/midwife by the name of Mayase Banda. Mrs. Banda had worked at the clinic for 13 years. On […]
Moments with Missionaries – Mike Hartman
/in Europe, Home Missions, Missions, World MissionsMissionary Mike Hartman shares and update from the mission in London! London’s international population brings together a diverse range of religious beliefs and cultural backgrounds. Rev. Mike Hartman shares how […]
Faces of Faith ā Mason
/in Faces of FaithIn 2023, the new mission in North Liberty, Iowa, started a campus ministry program at the University of Iowa and the surrounding colleges. What I didnāt expect was Eastern Iowa […]
From learners to leaders: the global impact of TELL
/in Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsWelcome “Hello, Arase. Hello, Ayorinde. Hi there, Effiong.” “Welcome, Tawose! Glad you are here. Hi, Rwakilembe. Hello, Wangaya. Welcome.” Learning to pronounce foreign names correctly is a small challengeāone of […]
Victory!
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsEaster weekend was busy in Boston, Mass. On Sat., April 19, many celebrated the 250th anniversary of the battles at Lexington and Concord. On Mon., April 21, the city celebrated […]
Moments with Missionaries – Craig Wilke
/in Home Missions, MissionsRev. Craig Wilke, home missionary at Sure Foundation Lutheran Church in Brandon, S.D., shares an update from their new worship facility. Through the support of WELS Home Missions and WELS […]
Faces of Faith ā Jonathan
/in Faces of Faith, Home Missions, MissionsJonathan Neuman wanted to know more about Christianity. His parents had went to church when they were younger and he was told he went when he was younger, but he […]
Finding better in Jesus
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsāI have to call my mom about this . . . this is better!ā she said. That has become one of my favorite lines I have ever heard in a […]
A partnership for the gospel
/in Europe, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsWhen I was a girl, I remember learning about church fellowship. It was always something negative. āDonāt commune with them,ā or āI canāt worship with her.ā Now, on the Europe […]
CAMM April 2025 Newsletter
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsGreetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are in the season of Lent, where we reflect on the suffering and death of our Lord. Isaiah 53:4,5 says, […]
CAMM March 2025 Newsletter
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsHYPERTENSION AT LUTHERAN MISSION RURAL HEALTH CENTER (MWEMBEZHI) The hypertension program started when the clinic saw the need. Patients were traveling to hospitals in Lusaka (the capital of Zambia) for […]
Continuing education workshop in Thailand
/in Asia-Oceania, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsIn late February this year, 14 church leaders from 9 church bodies throughout 8 Asian countries met in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for three days of intensive Bible study in one […]
Blessed be the tongue that ties
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsOn Pentecost, the Holy Spirit gave each of Jesusā disciples the ability to speak in a foreign tongue instantly. God tied three thousand people to himself in one day through […]
Campus Ministries participate in Mission Journeys to home mission churches
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsConcordia University Campus Ministry to Illume Church Students from Concordia University Wisconsin Campus Ministry in Mequon, Wis., took a Mission Journeys trip to Illume Church in Seattle, Wash. They spent […]
Visible and invisible blessings
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsAs we recently passed the six-year mark of worshiping as a new mission congregation in Lehi, Utah, I find myself talking to our gracious God about different things than I […]
Moments with Missionaries – Lucas Bitter
/in Home Missions, Missions, World MissionsRev. Lucas Bitter, home missionary at Intown Lutheran Church in Atlanta, Ga., shares an update from the South Atlantic region. Through the support of WELS Home Missions and by God’s […]
The gospel takes root in Nicaragua
/in Latin America, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsIf you had to point out Nicaragua on a map, could you do it? For many people, this small Central American country isnāt well known. Its neighbors often get more […]
Volunteers help share the gospel in Kenya
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsI recently accompanied six volunteers and the Central Africa Medical Mission (CAMM) field director, Gary Evans, to Kenya. The focus of our trip was to partner with Karima Lutheran Church […]
Moments with Missionaries – Mark Zondag
/in Asia-Oceania, Home Missions, Missions, World MissionsMissionary Mark Zondag shares an update on the Asia Oceania Team’s work. Based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, he supports local congregations in reaching the lost. He continues collaborating with the […]
One Latin America Team – Winter 2025 Quarterly Update
/in Latin America, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsA snapshot of blessings during the past quarter: 1. Academia Cristo General Assembly The inaugural Academia Cristo General Assembly was held this past quarter with about 165 students attending. One […]
An ordinary table, an extraordinary purpose
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsI sent a picture of a kitchen table to Jan last fall. After a few decades in Colorado, Jan relocated last summer and reached out to me when she heard […]
Moments with Missionaries – Jake Vilhauer
/in Africa, Home Missions, Missions, World MissionsMissionary Jake Vilhauer shares an update from his first few months as a world missionary on the One Africa Team. He spent time in both France and Cameroon learning the […]
Moments with Missionaries – C.J. Fury
/in Home Missions, MissionsRev. C.J. Fury gives an update from new mission start, Living Stone Lutheran Church in Conway, Ark. He shares updates just eight months following his commissioning at Taste of Missions. […]
From the classroom to Christ
/in Missions, Native American Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsChristian schools have been part of WELS Native American mission work for over a century. Over the decades our schools have strived to train and build up children in Godās […]
Becoming a One Africa Team missionary
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsComing out of Martin Luther College (MLC), I was initially planning on becoming a high school history teacher. In history teacher fashion, hereās a crash course of the last eight […]
CAMM February 2025 Newsletter
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsHYPERTENSION AT LUTHERAN MISSION RURAL HEALTH CENTER (MWEMBEZHI) The hypertension program started when the clinic saw the need. Patients were traveling to hospitals in Lusaka (the capital of Zambia) for […]
The first Bible you ever meet
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsDo you remember your first Bible? Do you know where your first Bible is? Mine is an old study Bible that some relatives gifted to me at my confirmation. Throughout […]
Little wins
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsāTime!ā I called out. I glanced at my phone. It was 8:11 a.m. on a dark and grey January morning in Parrish, Fla. I smiled because we had just shattered […]
CAMM January 2025 Newsletter
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsGreetings in the Name of Christ! As we enter the beautiful season of Christmas, we reflect on the joy and hope that it brings to our hearts and communities. We […]
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