Home mission milestones – fall 2023
WELS Home Missions has provided an update on a number of home mission congregations that experienced major milestones in fall 2023. Christ the Rock Lutheran Church, Canton, Ga. Christ the […]
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Port of calling
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World Missions“Port is where the heart is.” If you’re stitching a saying onto a pillow or a quilt for a sailor, maybe you can use that one. Port is important: It’s […]
What’s the deal with the name?
/in Latin America, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsOn Aug. 2 of this year, following a rousing address to convention delegates by Rev. Tonny Quintero of Medellin, Colombia, the hundreds of delegates assembled in the Michigan Lutheran Seminary […]
Athens of America
/in Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsMy wife and I were walking in the Boston Logan Airport after returning from a trip and on the wall there was a timeline of many Boston and greater-Boston area […]
Outstanding ministry blessings in Vancouver
/in Home Missions, Joint Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsSometimes God just blesses us with blessings piled up on top of each other. At Saviour of the Nations in Vancouver, BC, we were blessed to have such a weekend […]
Taking the gospel to the people
/in Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsHow much time do you spend on the internet every day? Do you know? Is it more than you read your Bible? More than you pray? More than you exercise? […]
Being part of the event
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS Blogs“What are some outreach strategies that you use?” “How do you meet new people?” These are examples of the kind of questions that people ask me when they find out […]
Giving God the glory. . . on and off the field
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsJack Strand is a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Bloomer, Wis. Jack played quarterback for Bloomer High School and was recruited to play in college. During the recruiting […]
The brotherhood in Nepal
/in Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsThe gospel creates a brotherhood. Jesus taught the gospel to his twelve disciples. They became his brothers. Yes, Judas betrayed him, forsaking the brotherhood. But when Jesus called Judas, he […]
One in Christ
/in Missions, Native American Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsThey are home now. Tired, but home. Pastor Musa, his wife Mary, and son Nathanael are now back home in Buwembula Village in Eastern Uganda. Back to their family and […]
Latin America Mission – Quarterly Update
/in Latin America, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsAs of July, 2023, Academia Cristo has 1.9 million followers on Facebook, 138,000 followers on Instagram, 18,400 followers on YouTube, and 2,121 followers on TikTok. Academia Cristo manages over 30 […]
Reflections on Zambia
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsI had the incredible privilege to travel to Malawi and Zambia in July with three other members of the Central Africa Medical Mission (CAMM) Stateside Committee, Gary and Beth Evans […]
Reflections on Malawi
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World Missions“You need to be patient!” This is a common phrase used by parents or teachers but what is true patience? During my July visit to Malawi and Zambia with Vickie […]
How’s it going?
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS Blogs“How’s it going?” Many have asked me that question lately. That likely doesn’t surprise you, because it is such a common, generic greeting employed by many of us. Often, we […]
Hope in Houston
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS Blogs“Glory to God, who is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or imagine.” (Ephesians 3:20, CEB) Hope Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas, started a capital campaign […]
All over the map
/in Asia-Oceania, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsMinistry in Thailand is…all over the map. In January, I became the Asia One Team champion for the ministry in Thailand. Part of my role is to catch up on […]
Keeping your eyes fixed on Jesus
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsJill walked up to our front door, and I could tell she was nervous. With a smile and hopefully a friendly greeting, I gave her a bulletin and welcomed her […]
Summer quarter in Sweden
/in Europe, Missions, WELS Blogs, World Missions“To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations” (James 1:1). That’s the way James begins his powerful little book. The apostle wrote to encourage God’s people and to spur them […]
Unexpected blessings in Paraguay
/in Latin America, Missions, WELS BlogsThe Unexpected It wasn’t a part of the plan. We weren’t supposed to be there. We were on our third move to another new country, with two kids under two […]
The gospel in Garden Grove…in three languages!
/in Home Missions, Joint Missions, Missions, WELS Blogs“Pastor, has there ever been a trilingual ordination service in the history of WELS?” It was a very good question. This past Sunday, August 6, 2023, the installation and ordination […]
Brats and building bridges for Jesus!
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsSometimes you just need to be creative. The core group for a new mission start in Kronenwetter, Wis., was looking for a way to both get the word out that […]
Fishing in French in Cameroon
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsFresh fish! Look at these fellas and the catch of the day! For one week in the middle of June, two One Africa Team missionaries got to work by the […]
Sometimes, It’s just clear
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsIf you live in the north central and north east states of our country, you’ve lived with a smoky haze for weeks. Even with wildfires thousands of miles away, the […]
Rivers of living water will flow
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsLike the loops and curls of the mighty Mississippi River that form the western border of the state of Mississippi, so also are the twists and turns of life that […]
Peace like a River
/in Home Missions, Joint Missions, Missions, WELS Blogs, World Missions“Peace like a river” was a fitting theme for the 60th Annual Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society Convention, held this past weekend in La Crosse, Wis., held just steps to the […]
Faces of Faith – Veronica
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsI was driving one Sunday morning, and I needed to stop to use my phone. As I was looking for a safe place to pull over, I saw someone holding […]
Faces of Faith – David
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsDavid is a freshman at the University of Arizona who is majoring in Biomedical Engineering. He was born into a Lutheran family and has been part of the Lutheran church […]
Breaking down barriers
/in Joint Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsThe Central Africa Medical Mission (CAMM) has treated over 70,000 patients a year and has been operating in Mwembezhi, Zambia, since 1961 and in Malawi since 1970. The goal of […]
Faces of Faith – Harry
/in Joint Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsHoonSik, Harry Jo, graduated from Martin Luther College a few weeks ago with a degree in elementary education. He was fully qualified to serve anywhere, and he made himself available […]
God works through the big and the small
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsBig is good, but…bigger is not necessarily better. Easter was about a month and a half ago, and maybe you saw advertisements that looked something like this. “10,000 Easter eggs, […]
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