Multi-Language Productions
Multiple languages to multiply Christians around the world
Multi-Language Productions (MLP), a division of WELS World Missions, has created more than 2.9 million video, audio, and print resources for use in global outreach. Educational and devotional materials have been translated into 57 languages to dateāall to share the gospel message with people around the world.
MLP continues to expand well beyond conventional ways of reaching the lost, embracing emerging technology trends such as data-driven automation, e-learning, mobile websites, smart devices, and social media. TELL Network, MLPās online leader training program, uses technology to engage and teach large numbers of Bible study students, group leaders, and church planters around the world, especially in places where WELS does not have resident missionaries. Through these varied resources, MLP assists and enhances outreach and training for all world mission fields and national churches.
Traditional means of reaching the lost have not been forgotten. MLP continues to provide resources in different languages for people who don’t have access to the internet and technology, including ministry resources like The Peopleās Bible, textbooks, illustrated story cloths and posters, as well as worship and praise music.
What we do
TELL Network
TELL Network provides Bible study curriculum focused on leadership training for students across the globe, preparing them to gather groups, lead Bible studies, and plant churches.
Print, music, & art
Multi-Language Productions produces confessional Lutheran materials in many languages and creates culturally appropriate music and art for sharing the gospel in world mission fields.
Meet the team
Mr. Jonathan Gross - Innovation Consultant
Mr. Jonathan Gross serves as Innovation Consultant for WELS World Missions. He works with world mission teams and national church leaders to develop systems and sustainable strategies that expand gospel ministry around the world. His work includes guiding technology and training initiatives, building tools for collaboration across cultures and languages, and helping local leaders use digital resources to reach more people with the gospel.
Before accepting his current position, Gross served as Promotions & Productions Producer for Academia Cristo, overseeing translation, media production, and digital outreach across Latin America. He continues to support that mission while helping World Missions connect global ministry efforts through new tools and partnerships.
Jon and his wife, Eliseāwho serves on the One Latin America Team as the Director of Womenās Ministry for Academia Cristoālive in Quito, Ecuador, with their son, Moses.
Download and read more biographies atĀ wels.net/missionarybios.
Rev. Joel Hoff - TELL Missionary
Missionary Joel Hoff joined the TELL Network team in September 2022 as the TELL Missionary in Africa. He partners with the One Africa Team and serves as an instructor and mentor for TELL students throughout Africa. He assists in their training, walks beside them through their courses, and encourages them as they work toward becoming TELL Bible leaders themselves.
Hoff previously served in WELS mission fields in Cameroon (2010-2013), Albania (2006-2007), and Ukraine. Stateside, he has served as pastor at Divine Peace in Renton, Wash. (2013-2018), and most recently at Trinity in Neenah, Wis. (2018-2022).
He and his wife Kate were married in 2012 and have been blessed with four children: Micah, Caleb, and Josiah, and Benjamin. The Hoffs reside in Lusaka, Zambia.
Download and read more biographies atĀ wels.net/missionarybios.
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MLP PRODUCT CATALOG
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Download resources
View and download free, confessional Lutheran multi-media resources in 57 languages through Northwestern Publishing House.