Financial blessings continue
God continues to open the hearts of his people to provide generous support for the work that we do together as a synod. Congregation Mission Offerings (CMO) for the month of December 2024 amounted to $3.53 million, which was up 4.1 percent ($138,000) from December 2023 and was 4.9 percent ($166,000) higher than the projection for the month of December 2024.
On a calendar year-to-date basis for 2024 the total reported CMO was $23.91 million, up 2.2 percent ($511,000) over the prior year and up 3.0 percent ($707,000) from projected receipts. On a fiscal year-to-date basis, which began July 2024, total reported CMO through December (six months) was $12.91 million, up 2.5 percent ($314,000) from the prior year ($12.60 million).
This is now the fifth straight year WELS has reached a new level of calendar-year reported CMO and the third calendar year in which reported CMO exceeded $23 million. These annual increases have been very encouraging and have decreased the impact of the high inflation rate during the last four years.
Read about all the amazing ways God has blessed the mission and ministry work of WELS, made possible through congregationsā CMO contributions, in the 2025 annual report, Your gifts, God’s blessings. Read the digital version online or order your own complimentary print copy from Northwestern Publishing House.
We join in thanking God that he continues to bless our synod with growing financial resources that support our synodās mission and ministry. To him be the glory!
Serving with you in Christ,
WELS President Mark Schroeder
Don’t forget, if your congregation hasn’t already submitted its CMO subscription for 2025, it is due this Fri., Feb. 7, at noon (Central).
