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Read more about the article Community news: December 2025

Community news: December 2025

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  • Post published:2025/12/01
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Emmanuel, Stratford (formerly March Rapids), Wis., celebrated its 125th anniversary in June. On Oct. 21, Luther Preparatory School, Watertown, Wis., celebrated the ministry anniversaries of Matthew Crass, pastor, 40 years;…

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Read more about the article WELS podcasts: Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer

WELS podcasts: Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer

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  • Post published:2025/12/01
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Podcast: Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer Hosts: Rev. Nathaniel Biebert Description: Each episode of this biweekly devotional podcast “consists of a passage from the Bible, a paragraph meditating on that passage,…

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Read more about the article Global, vibrant, ever-changing

Global, vibrant, ever-changing

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  • Post published:2025/12/01
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“New York City is a global, vibrant, ever-changing city,” notes Timothy Bourman, pastor at Sure Foundation, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. The same words could be used to describe Sure Foundation. “I…

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Read more about the article Reaching out to new people groups with the gospel

Reaching out to new people groups with the gospel

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  • Post published:2025/12/01
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For Christians in the developed world, it’s hard to imagine places where the gospel cannot be easily shared. In fact, of the more than 8 billion people alive today, as…

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Read more about the article Integrating to benefit ministry

Integrating to benefit ministry

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  • Post published:2025/11/02
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Institutional Ministries (IM), a WELS-affiliated ministry, was founded in 1901 for the purpose of meeting the spiritual needs of those who are institutionalized. Today, the team of chaplains and volunteers…

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Read more about the article Book nook: Trusting God More

Book nook: Trusting God More

  • Post author:Logan Hirsh
  • Post published:2025/11/02
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We all have fears and worries when life gets hard, no matter how often we pray or read the Bible. We are no different than the father of the demon-possessed…

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Read more about the article Community news: November 2025

Community news: November 2025

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  • Post published:2025/11/02
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On June 8, St. Andrew, Middleton, Wis., celebrated the 40th anniversary in the pastoral ministry of Randy Hunter. During the summer, the Ladies Aid of St. John, Frontenac, Minn., and…

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Read more about the article Where are they now? Lawrence McCatty

Where are they now? Lawrence McCatty

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  • Post published:2025/11/02
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In March 2022, Forward in Christ introduced readers to Lawrence and Caroline McCatty, a couple from Gloucester, England. While in the United States for Lawrence’s job, they discovered the truth…

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Seven new home missions approved

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  • Post published:2025/11/02
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In September WELS Board for Home Missions met and approved seven new missions toward the synodwide goal of starting 100 new missions and enhancing 75 ministries by 2033. “With the…

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