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WHERE WE ARE

WELS Missions—made up of Home, World, and Joint Missions—seeks to share Christ’s love with the lost across the globe. Home Missions supports 135 congregations in the United States, Canada, and English-speaking West Indies, and assists hundreds of other congregations with their campus ministry programs. World Missions conducts gospel outreach in 44 countries and is exploring outreach opportunities in 20 prospective new mission fields. Joint Missions oversees any mission opportunity that is a combination of Home Missions, World Missions, and Ministerial Education. This includes diaspora (people-group) ministries, cross-cultural ministries, the Pastoral Studies Institute (PSI), and new programs like WELS Mission Journeys.

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MISSION SPEAKERS

Request a mission speaker for your next church mission festival, school assembly, men’s or women’s church group meeting, or LWMS rally. Request a speaker, read frequently asked questions, and learn more about the resources that are available to you.

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HOME MISSIONS

WELS Home Missions plants new churches and assists mission-minded congregations in the United States, Canada, and English-speaking West Indies. Home Missions currently supports 135 congregations with financial subsidy or district mission board/mission counselor assistance, with 25 of those being cross-cultural mission congregations. Home Missions also provides about 25 campus ministries with financial support, while assisting hundreds of other congregations that serve college students around the United States and Canada.

2021 NEW HOME MISSIONS

  • NEW PLANTS
  • Waco, Tex.
  • Durham, N.C.
  • Parrish, Fla.
  • Dickinson, N.D.
  • Collinsville, Ill.
  • ENHANCEMENTS
  • Willoughby, Ohio
  • Hutto, Tex.
  • Summerlin, Nev.
  • Crossville, Tenn.
  • Collinsville, Ill.
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Starting a mission church

The prospect of starting a new mission church, while certainly…
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A ripe mission field right next door

In Racine and Milwaukee, Wis., the school voucher program has…
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Faces of Faith – Mike

When Mike first commented "Good morning!" in the Facebook comment…
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Faces of Faith – Allen and Rosalind

An invitation to blueberry pancakes. That is all it took. A friendly…
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Faces of Faith – Levi, Jennifer, and Cameron

Levi is a young, single dad living in urban Milwaukee who wanted…
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Faces of Faith – Greg

One Sunday after church Steve asked me, “Hey Pastor, will you…
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Faces of Faith – Bruce

Most people move to the South Carolina low country to slow down.…
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Faces of Faith – Christopher

“I was literally upside-down.” Christopher wasn’t exaggerating.…
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Faces of Faith – Emma

Outwardly, the most dramatic moment in Emma’s coming-to-faith…
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Mission Journey to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

“Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing…
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CAMPUS MINISTRY

WELS Campus Ministry, a ministry of WELS Home Missions, provides resources, support, and encouragement to WELS congregations that serve college students around the United States and Canada. These congregations are vital in connecting college students with fellow Christians, strengthening their faith with the gospel message, and encouraging them to share that faith with other college students. The WELS Campus Ministry Committee currently provides about 25 campus ministries with financial support and assists hundreds of other congregations in their campus ministry outreach.

Faces of Faith – Emma

Outwardly, the most dramatic moment in Emma’s coming-to-faith…
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Beyond the dinosaur phase

Many little children go through a dinosaur phase. Even before…
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This is Eleanor

If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides,…
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Campus Ministry: My second family

Do you remember how you felt your very first week of college?…
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JOINT MISSIONS

WELS Joint Missions supports mission opportunities that are the responsibility of Home Missions, World Missions, and Ministerial Education. Much of this work centers around diaspora (people-group) ministries, where immigrants who have joined our fellowship in the United States and Canada are able to take the gospel back to friends and family in their country of origin. Joint Missions administers the work of the Pastoral Studies Institute (PSI) and assists in other cross-cultural outreach efforts and new programs like WELS Mission Journeys.

Faces of Faith – Luke

By God’s grace, Luke was born into a Christian family in East…
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Equipping congregations to reach all nations

Dear Friend, Jesus commanded his disciples to go and make…
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What to do when they’re knocking at your door

Nearly every day, somewhere in the world, a pastor from another…
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Taste of Missions starts July 11

Taste of Missions starts this Sunday, July 11, and runs through…
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MISSIONS BLOGS &
NEWSLETTERS

Read inspiring stories from Home, World, and Joint Missions in weekly Missions Blogs while also staying up-to-date on the most recent Missions news through the bi-annual Missions Update e-Newsletter.

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WORLD MISSIONS

WELS World Missions conducts gospel outreach in 44 countries and is exploring outreach opportunities in 20 prospective new mission fields. World Missions brings the light of God’s Word to the world through evangelism efforts, church planting, training national workers for ministry, and providing religious materials in foreign languages through Multi-Language Productions (MLP).

41 world missionaries partner with over 400 national pastors to conduct outreach and train more than 380 students for service in Christ’s kingdom.  

World Mission supports mission work:

  • on the Apache reservations in Arizona, where the gospel is being shared in eight churches, one preaching station, and two Lutheran elementary schools;   
  • in Africa, where missionaries and national church partners are exploring mission work in ten additional African countries;  
  • in Asia, where the newly formed Asia one team is coordinating resources and partnering with sister synods to reach out with the gospel to Buddhist, Catholic, Hindu, and Muslim individuals in 11 different countries; 
  • in East Asia, where missionaries are coaching and mentoring 45 mission group leaders in spite of tightening security and Asia Lutheran Seminary is reaching hundreds of new students through new online classes;  
  • in Latin America, where the Academia Cristo online training tool is walking more than 345 people through self-led classes and missionaries have identified more than 25 men in eleven different countries as potential church planters;   
  • in Europe, where national churches are partnering with WELS missionaries and the Pastoral Studies Institute (PSI) to train the next generation of church leaders;   
  • through Multi-Language Productions, which has produced confessional Christian content in more than 56 languages and on a variety of platforms. 
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Finding a way to gather

David works in a sausage factory in Finland. Ingvar delivers…
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Pakuwa Pakhawa (Hope Realized)

Originally appears in the One Africa Team blog, from September…
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Faces of Faith – Diosnel

Diosnel Castro Perez is from Curuguaty, a small town in rural…
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Faces of Faith – Irina, Olga, and Alisa

Irina Yevpak was shocked. She was a young girl growing up in…
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Faces of Faith – Ali

Ali was the imam at a mosque for a village in a Muslim nation.…
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Faces of Faith – Belachew

I am Belachew Ensermu from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I believed…
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Faces of Faith – Brother Liu

Jonathan Liu was once a blackbelt in Taekwondo and a master with…
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Faces of Faith – Kue

In 2002, Kue heard from a villager that there was a God who was…
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Faces of Faith – Marietta

Marietta Chapman is the lead Kindergarten teacher at Peridot-Our…
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Faces of Faith – Julius

Civil unrest between the English-speaking regions and the French-speaking…
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