World Missions has a presence in 23 different countries;

• serves 74,834 baptized members in Lutheran churches;
• serves 60,000 more souls through correspondence and workshops;
• is training more than 170 men to become pastors in their own countries;
• is assisting national pastors to train hundreds of people to be Sunday school teachers, liturgists, evangelists, and leaders in congregations in their home countries;
• is exploring outreach possibilities in 5 additional countries;
• supports 41 missionaries, 9 teachers, and more than 60 lay workers in our missions; and
• is reaching more than 194,000 via Internet outreach.