Let the little children come
Jesus said, āLet the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.ā āMatthew 19:14 Abiding Love is dedicated […]
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United in Christ, sharing the gospel
/in Asia-Oceania, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsNearly six out of every ten people in the worldās 8.2 billion population live in Asia and Oceania. Yet only 8 percent in this vast region know Christ as their […]
Rethinking Northwoods ministry
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsOur Savior in Phillips, Wis., was approved as an unsubsidized home mission congregation in spring 2025. Unsubsidized, or self-funded, home missions do not receive direct financial support but still have […]
Medicine opening doors for ministry
/in Latin America, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsWhen we arrived in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, we went straight from the airport to the hospital. No, we werenāt in need of a doctor. But we were there to see […]
Moments with Missionaries – Timothy Bourman
/in Home Missions, MissionsRev. Tim Bourman shares an update from Sure Foundation Lutheran Church in Queens, N.Y. This year marks a big milestone for the congregation as it celebrates 25 years of mission […]
Bringing a gospel message of hope to Ellensburg, Wash.
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsThe Pacific Northwest District Mission Board is partnering with Grace Lutheran Church in Yakima, Wash., to help restart a WELS congregation in Ellensburg, Wash. More than one hundred years ago, […]
Seeking and strengthening synods in Uganda
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsWhat do you get when you add together three Ugandan synods, two missionaries from the One Africa Team, and one representative from our WELS Commission on Inter-Church Relations (CICR)? A […]
Two Pastoral Studies Institute students graduate
/in Asia-Oceania, Cross-cultural outreach, Home Missions, Missions, World MissionsMark Jiang and David Shang have graduated from the Pastoral Studies Institute (PSI) and will be continuing their current Chinese outreach in North America. Mark Jiang serves Apostles in San […]
Still building on an age-old tradition
/in Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsFor more than 100 years, WELS congregations have been operating Christian elementary and secondary schools. Many WELS members grew up learning Bible history and the teachings of Martin Lutherās Small […]
Faces of Faith ā Atlanta, Ga.
/in Faces of FaithOn Sun., March 30, 2025, Intown Lutheran Church welcomed three college students as adult confirmands. These young women impressively completed our 12-lesson Bible Basics class while also managing busy academic […]
Graduates and vicars assigned to home and world mission fields
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsSeminary pastoral assignments to home mission congregations and world mission fields: Six pastoral graduates from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary were assigned this morning to serve WELS home mission congregations and one […]
Faces of Faith ā Hakim
/in Faces of Faith, Home Missions, MissionsHakim Kon came to Canada in December 2022 to be with his wife, Nyariek. It wasnāt the first time God turned his life upside down. As a young man, he […]
Moments with Missionaries – Erik Landwehr
/in Europe, Home Missions, Missions, World MissionsMissionary Erik Landwehr shares and update from Peridot Lutheran School on the San Carlos Reservation. Rev. Landwehr shares some goals the Native American mission team has for the mission field […]
Faces of Faith ā Julia
/in Faces of FaithGoing into my first year of college was a big change for me. I was headed to Northern Michigan University, which was several hours away and in a different state […]
Moving fast but staying grounded
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsWhat 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 […]
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 […]
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