• Equipping Home Missions for Gospel Ministry

    Multiple home missions have been utilizing a “Church in a Box” system for worship. Through financial support, materials purchased are able to be used and repurposed for future congregations.

    Learn more about how you can support our home mission congregations in their early stages.

    Learn moreDonate Now
  • Faces of Faith magazine

    The 2024/2025 edition is now available! Order free copies and/or read more stories about the individuals being reached with the gospel through WELS Home, World, and Joint Missions at wels.net/facesoffaith.

    Read moreRequest free copies
  • Sign-up with Campus Ministry!

    Encourage the college-age Lutherans in your life to sign up with WELS Campus Ministry at wels.net/college.

    Sign upFind a campus ministry
  • Host an Epiphany Speaker

    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
  • Watch videos

    Catch up on any livestreamed events, Moments with Missionaries videos, recipes, and other activities you might have missed at tasteofmissions.com!

    Learn more
  • Volunteer in a mission field

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

    Learn more
  • Thank you!

    WELS mission work would not be possible without your prayers, congregational offerings, and special gifts. Consider giving a gift today to support this important gospel ministry.

    Give Online

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 157 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 and encourages gospel outreach in 46 countries and is exploring outreach opportunities in 19 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 157 congregations with financial subsidy or district mission board/mission counselor assistance, with 32 of those being cross-cultural mission congregations. Home Missions also provides over 45 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.

1

Bend, Ore.

2

Cedar Lake, Ind.

3

Conway, Ark.

4

Easley, S.C.

5

Williston, N.D.

6

Calvary, Dallas, Tex.

7

Crossroads, Chicago, Ill. (Restart)

8

Faith, Prior Lake, Minn.

9

Good Shepherd, Plymouth, Wis.

10

Northdale, Tampa, Fla.

11

St. Marcus, Milwaukee, Wis.

12

St. Paul, Calgary, AB, Canada

  • NEW STARTS
  • Bend, Ore.
  • Cedar Lake, Ind.
  • Conway, Ark.
  • Easley, S.C.
  • Williston, N.D.
  • St. Marcus, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • St. Paul, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • ENHANCEMENTS
  • Calvary, Dallas, Tex.
  • Crossroads, Chicago, Ill. (Restart)
  • Faith, Prior Lake, Minn.
  • Good Shepherd, Plymouth, Wis.
  • Northdale, Tampa, Fla.
  • St. Marcus, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • St. Paul, Calgary, AB, Canada

Supporting home missionaries: Church Planter Intensive and coaching program

One of the ways WELS Home Missions works behind the scense to…

Why 100 Missions in 10 Years?

An update from WELS Home Missions Administrator, Rev. Mark…

Navigating new chapters

The book of Joshua opens with Israel on the banks of the Jordan…

Faces of Faith – Lincoln

“Praise the Lord!” I didn’t expect him to shout that over…

Faces of Faith – Bill

“I’ve never heard that before.” That’s what Bill said…

Faces of Faith – Ruth

Nearly ten years have passed since an email showed up in my inbox.…

Faces of Faith – Steve and Tammy

Back in 2017, I did some door-to-door canvassing in a neighborhood…

Faces of Faith – Bruce and Sheryl

Northwest Wisconsin is known for its vast resources for hunting…

Faces of Faith – Brandi

On Easter Sunday 2024, several local families brought their children…

Faces of Faith – Joann

Fairview Lutheran Church tried a new way to connect to its school…

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

Faces of Faith – Katarina

Before coming to college, I had no clue what a WELS church was.…

Faces of Faith – Nicole

Nicole found St. John’s and True North Campus Ministry at a…

Faces of Faith – Janet

Janet grew up in a farming family of six kids in East Asia. She…

Faces of Faith – Greta

When I started as a freshman at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee…

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.

Teach all nations!

Teach all nations! Equip the saints! Those two holy commands…

Faces of Faith – Kim Nga

I arrived in Garden Grove, California in the first week of October…

Faces of Faith – Ismar

Almost four years ago, Ismar Camacho left Venezuela with her…

Faces of Faith – Daniel

My name is Daniel, and I was born and raised in East Asia. I…

WORLD MISSIONS

WELS World Missions conducts and encourages gospel outreach in 46 countries and is exploring outreach opportunities in 19 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).

50 world missionaries partner with over 500 national pastors to conduct outreach and train more than 400 students for service in Christ’s kingdom.

World Mission supports mission work:

  • on Native American reservations, where the gospel is being shared on the Apache reservations in Arizona and the Native Christian Network has begun outreach to additional tribes;
  • in Africa, where missionaries partner with national church bodies in seven countries and are exploring outreach in eight more countries throughout the continent;
  • in Asia, where 17 missionaries 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 30 individuals are actively leading a group in worship and study;
  • 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.

TELL: Connecting East Asia to the Philippines

The TELL program was designed with flexibility in mind. Its framework…

God’s hand in Indonesia

“I know the plans I have for you.” Jeremiah 29:11. These…

Heaven is the goal!

Marcelo grew up in Argentina but spent his entire adult life…

The Obadiah Lutheran Synod expresses its thanks

Last January, I had the privilege of attending a special worship…

Faces of Faith – Chong

I have known Chong for the last ten years. When we first met,…

Faces of Faith – Li

Pastor Li’s non-Christian wife tried to get him to understand…

Faces of Faith – John

John Michoro, a member at Lutheran Congregations in Mission for…

Faces of Faith – Elijah

Elijah Adongo is a TELL student from Nairobi, Kenya. In March…

Faces of Faith – Bonnie

Twenty-eight years. That’s how long Bonnie Lewis has been teaching!…

Faces of Faith – Opiew

I’m Opiew Okugn Adiew from Gambela, Ethiopia. I was raised…

WELS

Sign-up for WELS Missions Updates!
Subscribe to weekly Missions Blogs and/or quarterly Missions Update Newsletters.
Select list(s):
Data Privacy & Permission *
Sign-up for WELS Mission Updates!
Select list(s):
Data Privacy & Permission *