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    Join us for Taste of Missions on Saturday, June 10, 2023. This family-friendly event, held at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, Wis., and online, will give all WELS members a “taste of missions,” no matter where you might be around the world.

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  • Aggressively reaching lost souls

    WELS Home Missions is launching a new initiative to plant 100 new home mission churches and enhance 75 existing ministries from 2023-2033. We pray that God will bless our efforts, trusting that he is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20).

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    The official WELS program for short-term mission trips is open to WELS members of all ages and backgrounds with a heart for mission work. Sign up today!

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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 134 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 18 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.

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.

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 134 congregations with financial subsidy or district mission board/mission counselor assistance, with 29 of those being cross-cultural mission congregations. Home Missions also provides over 30 campus ministries with financial support, while assisting hundreds of other congregations that serve college students around the United States and Canada.

In 2021, synod convention delegates approved an ambitious new goal that allows WELS Home Missions to plant 100 new home mission churches and enhance 75 existing ministries from 2023-2033. Learn more about this initiative.

  • NEW STARTS
  • Windsor, Colo.
  • Wichita, Kan.
  • Canton, Ga.
  • Conroe, Tex.
  • Lodi, Wis.
  • UNSUBSIDIZED
  • Redding/Anderson, Calif.
  • Midlothian, Tex.
  • ENHANCEMENTS
  • St. Paul, Minn.
  • Baton Rouge, La.
  • Delray Beach, Fla.
  • Killeen, Tex.
  • Burlington, Iowa
  • UNSUBSIDIZED
  • Redding/Anderson, Calif.
  • Midlothian, Tex.

From the very beginning

How do WELS churches get started? How do we decide where they…

Right place, right time

“Missional Living” is a lifestyle in our mission church.…

Together Video Update – February 28, 2023

Home Missionary Rev. Joel Prange shares his experiences of…

Christ in my neighbor

Dear Friend, I ran across this quote from a sermon Martin…

True love, God’s love

As couples prepared to buy chocolate, candies, teddy bears, cards,…

Five years post-merger

Just over five years ago, the congregation I served in suburban…

Perseverance in the mission field

How many times have you heard this story… Our church, Spirit…

Pressing the reset button

It was time to press the reset button. A Lutheran church on…

Home mission milestones – Winter 2022/2023

Join with us in celebrating and praising God for the major church…

The Evangelical Lutheran light at Christmas

“An evangelical? Lutheran? church? This I gotta check out…”…

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 over 30 campus ministries with financial support and assists hundreds of other congregations in their campus ministry outreach.

2023 Campus Ministry Staff Conference

2023 WELS Synod Convention July 31 – Aug. 3, 2023

Faces of Faith – Peter

Peter Hollins was raised in a religious household and regularly…

Faces of Faith – Kimberly

Redeemer Lutheran Church’s Campus Ministry has played such…

Faces of Faith – Alfredo

From a young age, Alfredo knew God. Raised in a religious family,…

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.

Connecting people to the gospel

“I would use the illustration of a switchboard operator from…

True love, God’s love

As couples prepared to buy chocolate, candies, teddy bears, cards,…

Merry Christmas from WELS Missions!

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return…

Chinese worship launches in Coquitlam

November was full of blessings for Abiding Love Lutheran Church,…

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 quarterly Missions Update e-Newsletter.

WORLD MISSIONS

WELS World Missions conducts gospel outreach in 44 countries and is exploring outreach opportunities in 18 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).

49 world missionaries partner with almost 500 national pastors to conduct outreach and train more than 380 students for service in Christ’s kingdom.  

World Mission supports mission work:

  • on Native American reservations, where the gospel has been shared on the Apache reservations in Arizona for more than 125 years and exploratory mission work is beginning on other reservations throughout North America;
  • in Africa, where missionaries partner with national church bodies in six countries and are exploring outreach in at least seven more countries throughout the continent;  
  • in Asia, where the two missionary teams have joined together to equip, encourage, and empower others to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to 1.8 billion unreached souls; 
  • in Latin America, where hundreds of thousands of people are being reached through Academia Cristo online courses and more than 40 individuals are being trained to plant a church;
  • in Europe, where missionaries partner with national churches to train the next generation of church leaders and bring the true gospel to countries without a strong Lutheran presence 
  • and through Multi-Language Productions, which has produced materials in more than 56 languages and reaches tens of thousands of English-speakers in more than 30 different countries through the TELL online training platform. 

Christ in my neighbor

Dear Friend, I ran across this quote from a sermon Martin…

Pray that I…

How would you complete this sentence: "Pray that I. . ." If…

New and old brooms

The difference between new and old brooms is summarized in a…

Equip believers to serve

Last month I finished teaching the course, “Equip the Believers…

Building fellowship in Europe

Relationships don’t idle in neutral. Either they get stronger,…

Mother’s shelter renovations in Zambia

It is not uncommon to hear babies crying in the village of Mwembezhi,…

Counting the stars in Uganda

Originally appears in the One Africa Team blog. Subscribe to…

Merry Christmas from WELS Missions!

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return…

Update on the Ukrainian Lutheran Church – Dec. 13, 2022

As I write this update about the Ukrainian Lutheran Church (ULC),…

Thinking creatively

Last month, Asia Lutheran Seminary attended the Hong Kong Christian…

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