How’s it going?
“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 […]
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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, […]
What goes around, comes around
/in Asia-Oceania, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsAs a WELS pastor, I have been blessed with three overseas calls. In between stateside parishes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, I served in Indonesia, Bulgaria, and Indonesia again. The […]
It’s not about the jars
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsA pastor who is much smarter than I am once said that planting a mission church comes down to “the man, the mission, and the moment.” How are things looking […]
Back home in Asia
/in Asia-Oceania, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsIt was May 2008 – 15 years ago. I sat in the auditorium of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary for assignment day. My name was read, “Jonathan Bare, Graduate Mission Associate – […]
It takes a village
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS Blogs“It takes a village to raise a child.” Many of us have heard this old proverb, and many of us who have been blessed with children understand how true it […]
A gift for making gifts
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsTwo years ago I received the call to serve Christ the Rock in Farmington, N.M. As I was deliberating, I received a phone call from one of the members. He […]
A reason to give thanks
/in Europe, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsName a safe city with an airport in a low-cost country with no visa requirements, no COVID restrictions, decent weather in March, and interesting Biblical sites nearby. Did you say […]
Joy in Dunavtsi
/in Europe, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsOn the last weekend in March, believers from six countries gathered in Dunavtsi, Bulgaria, to dedicate a church building. God gave us more than we expected. Anticipated Joy Six years […]
Exactly where God wants us
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World Missions“The school doesn’t even teach us about Jesus. Why would anyone want to go there anyway?” My boys had many questions. What would the weather be like? What kind of […]
A warm welcome in Tanzania
/in Africa, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsOriginally appears in the One Africa Team blog. Subscribe to future updates from Africa at oneafricateam.com. Missionary John Roebke and I received a warm welcome to Tanzania last month, as part […]
A celebration in Cochabamba
/in Latin America, Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsThe streets were packed with tourists, vendors, and colorfully dressed dancers. It was carnival weekend in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and thousands had flocked to the city to celebrate. We were there […]
From the very beginning
/in Home Missions, Missions, WELS BlogsHow do WELS churches get started? How do we decide where they should go? This is not a secret nor is it a simple process. Through Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary’s 2023 […]
Our dwelling place
/in Missions, Native American Missions, WELS Blogs, World MissionsThe foundation is poured. The walls are up. The roof is on. Dry wall is fastened. Doors and windows are in place. The building? A side-by-side duplex. The builders? A […]
Right place, right time
/in Home Missions, Joint Missions, Missions, WELS Blogs“Missional Living” is a lifestyle in our mission church. It’s a constant reminder for the members of our congregation to live every day of their life as if it’s a […]
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