Straight talk: Finding a healthy balance
WELS Home Missions is WELS’ church-planting entity. Uniquely equipped with resources congregations don’t have, Home Missions has been able to fund 63 new missions over the last decade so that…
Moments with missionaries: Evan Chartrand
Starting a church is many things. It’s exciting and exhausting, humbling and rewarding, daunting and wonderful—often all at once. Oh, and it’s one more thing: unpredictable. The lead-up to the…
Seven new home missions approved
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…
Christ through us: Congregations
Our focus for 2025–2035 The new long-range strategic plan names four priorities for WELS to focus on for the next ten years. These sweeping areas tackle the challenges the church—and…
Home Missions approves new mission starts and enhancements
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…
Moments with missionaries: Ben Bitter
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…
Moments with missionaries: Ross Chartrand
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…
Changes in WELS administration
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…
Big challenge, bigger blessings
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…