Missions

Faces of Faith now available
This new, 24-page magazine gives an overview of our Mission fields at home and abroad and highlights the “Faces of Faith” being reached with the gospel. Host a Missions speaker at your church or school to receive free copies, or view the digital version online.

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Mission Journeys
The new WELS program for short-term mission trips open to WELS members of all ages and backgrounds with a heart for mission work.

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Reaching Native Christians
The Native American missions is training Native Christian leaders as it continues moving forward with the message of salvation.

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Thank you, LWMS!
The Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society is an amazing partner of WELS Missions. View recorded sessions from the 55th annual LWMS Convention.

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Host a Mission Speaker
Request a mission speaker for your next church mission festival, school assembly, men’s or women’s church group meeting, or LWMS rally. It’s never to early to start planning your Fall 2018 events.

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WHERE WE ARE

WELS Missions is reaching out with the saving message of the gospel in the United States, Canada, and 58 foreign countries. Missions continues to plant churches, train leaders,
and mentor fellow Lutheran Christians here and abroad. Exploratory evangelism continues throughout the world.

Home Missions

Joint Missions

Africa

Apache Reservations

Asia

Europe

Latin America

Latest News

2018/10/18/by Marissa Krogmann

I’m really glad to be here

“I got baptized on Friday… and I’m really glad to be here.” Those…

2018/10/11/by agoede

One hundred twenty-five years of God’s grace

Latest Videos

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MISSIONS BLOGS &
SPEAKER REQUESTS

Read blogs directly from the field about WELS mission work in the United States and abroad. Request a missionary speaker at your next event. Whether it’s a special church service, school event or another organization, WELS missionaries are available to share their experiences spreading the gospel around the world.

Blogs

Speaker Requests

HOME MISSIONS

God is richly blessing the work of WELS Home Missions. Missionaries and their members are finding ways to share God’s good news with friends,
relatives, neighbors—and sometimes even strangers at local fast food restaurants. Here are some of their stories.

2018 NEW HOME MISSIONS STARTS/ENHANCEMENTS

NEW MISSIONS
Brandon, SD
Grace, Milwaukee, WI
Hobart, WI
(Unsubsidized)
Horicon, WI
(Unsubsidized)
Joplin, MO
Phoenix, AZ
(2nd campus)
Reno, NV
Richland Center, WI
Mansfield, OH
Bluffton, SC

ENHANCEMENTS
Ascension, Harrisburg, PA
(Restart)
Crown of Life, Corona, CA
(Additional pastor for 4 campuses)
Epiphany and First Lutheran, Racine, WI
(School outreach)
Faith, Anchorage, AK
(Hispanic ministry)
Grace, Seattle, WA
(Restart)
Shepherd of the Hills, Knoxville, TN
(Restart)
Trinity, Waukesha, WI
(Hispanic ministry)
Richland Center, WI
Mansfield, OH
Bluffton, SC

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I'm really glad to be here

2018/10/18

“I got baptized on Friday… and I’m really glad to be here.” Those…

By his wounds we are healed

2018/10/11

He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our…

Changing community, unchanging grace

2018/10/04

Change. There is a large billboard on Interstate 15 that says,…

God used the church to save Grandma

2018/09/27

Grandma Barb started worshiping with us at Epiphany in Racine…

Great news for Home Missions

2018/09/18

The WELS Board for Home Missions is celebrating a number of milestones…

Home Mission congregations hold grand opening worship services

2018/09/13

On Sunday, September 9, 2018, four different home mission congregations…

The Fields are Ripe for Harvest

2018/09/13

“I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are…

"Go Into All the World"... More Efficiently

2018/08/30

Trinity Lutheran Church in the town of Liberty, on the outskirts…

Merging for the Mission

2018/08/16

“We would love to start a new program, but there’s no room…

The best training program you might not know about

2018/08/06

Dear Christian Friend, It is the best training program most…

CAMPUS MINISTRY

WELS Campus Ministry helps college students grow in their faith so that they can reach out to other college students with the gospel.

Unless Someone Explains It

2018/04/19

“Go south to the road - the desert road - that leads down from…

New form makes connecting college students with churches easier

2017/10/17

WELS Campus Ministry is introducing a new student management…

Campus ministry representatives meet for conference

2017/06/06

On May 15 and 16, 60 campus ministry pastors, committee members,…

New Campus Center and Church, Stevens Point, WI

2017/03/09

On January 29, 2017, approximately 175 people gathered in a morning…

MISSIONS PRESENTATIONS
& IMAGES

Download WELS Missions slideshows from mission fields featured in Forward in Christ magazine. Browse through and share pictures of WELS Missions, taken by WELS missionaries and national workers.

Presentations

Missions Images

WORLD MISSIONS

Using cultural connections to further outreach

World Missions is reaching out with the saving message of the gospel in 40 countries and is exploring outreach opportunities in 14 prospective new mission fields;

is celebrating 125 years of mission work in 2018, as WELS sent its first missionaries to the Apache tribes back in 1893;
is in fellowship with 105,465 Lutherans around the world;
has 45 missionaries in the field training national pastors and conducting outreach;
supports 13 teachers and more than 60 laypeople as they reach out to children and adults with the gospel;
reaches more than 1 million people in Latin America with the gospel through the Academia Cristo Facebook page; and
continues to partner with Multi-Language Publications (MLP), which has printed more than 2.9 million items in more than 52 languages.