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Read more about the article Home Missions approves new mission starts and enhancements

Home Missions approves new mission starts and enhancements

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2025/05/30
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

On April 3–4, WELS Board for Home Missions approved 11 new missions and enhancements for the synodwide 100 Missions in 10 Years initiative. “Each of the five new starts is…

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Read more about the article Moments with missionaries: Ben Bitter

Moments with missionaries: Ben Bitter

  • Post author:Ben Bitter
  • Post published:2025/04/29
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Do you remember your first Bible? Mine is an old study Bible that some relatives gave me at my confirmation. The margins have accumulated helpful notes and comments, different dates…

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Read more about the article Moments with missionaries: Ross Chartrand

Moments with missionaries: Ross Chartrand

  • Post author:Ross Chartrand
  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

My wife and I were standing in an empty living room of a new house filled with dust and echoes and not much else until our moving truck arrived. Neither…

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Read more about the article Changes in WELS administration

Changes in WELS administration

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2024/01/24
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Early 2024 will see changes to the administration for two areas of ministry. Missions WELS Missions welcomes Mark Gabb as the new administrator for WELS Home Missions. Gabb began serving…

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Read more about the article Big challenge, bigger blessings

Big challenge, bigger blessings

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2023/05/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

The 2021 synod convention was presented with an ambitious proposal. The Board for Home Missions asked the convention to consider approving a plan to start one hundred new home missions…

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Read more about the article “God can do immeasurably more”

“God can do immeasurably more”

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/04/30
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

On March 24, WELS Board for Home Missions approved the first new missions and enhancements for the synodwide “100 missions in 10 years” initiative. “Our God is able to do…

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Read more about the article The heart of church planting

The heart of church planting

  • Post author:Cameron Schroeder
  • Post published:2023/03/28
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

In January, WELS Home Missions teamed up with Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS), Mequon, Wis., to organize a church planting course hosted at The Way, Fredericksburg, Va. The course was led…

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Read more about the article Students gain hands-on experiences in home missions—and more

Students gain hands-on experiences in home missions—and more

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/11/27
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

“When the Board for Home Missions announced the initiative to open 100 new missions in 10 years, at Michigan Lutheran Seminary (MLS) we contemplated how we could play an even…

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Read more about the article On mission statements and missions

On mission statements and missions

  • Post author:Jerry Ewings
  • Post published:2022/08/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Corporations grabbed the idea of mission statements from the church. At its best, a mission statement captures the drive, the focus, and the purpose of an entire organization. But most…

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