Moments with missionaries: Jon Bare
We (Jon Bare and Guy Marquardt) boarded the plane from our Asia-Oceania Team base in Chiang Mai, Thailand. After two transfers, an overnight stay, and 36 hours of travel, we…
My Christian life: Sharing God’s peace with Spanish speakers
A couple finds peace in the gospel and works to share that peace with other Spanish speakers. Aquí tu paz. “Here is your peace.” Ángel Otero spent his entire career in…
Straight talk: Training and outreach
Has World Missions become all about worker training? I hear this question pop up every so often, and honestly, I get why people ask it. When we talk about seminaries…
Where are they now? Lawrence McCatty
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…
My Christian life: Missionary wife values family ties
A missionary wife shares the importance of family ties when serving in a mission field. In March 2014, our family of five wearily deplaned at Hong Kong International Airport. My…
Diary of a missionary’s wife
Missionary Ronald Baerbock and his wife, Karen, spent more than 17 years serving in various Latin American fields. Karen, who passed away in 2023, recorded ministry and family activities faithfully…
Making Christ known in Latin America
A look back at God's grace on more than 60 years of WELS mission work in Latin America. As a church body, WELS has been carrying out mission efforts in…
Now is still the time
Twenty years after it opened, Asia Lutheran Seminary continues to train national pastors and evangelists, now expanding to cover all of Asia. It was the right time. On May 29,…
Missionaries called to explore new world mission fields
The Board for World Missions, working alongside the various World Missions One Teams, has identified new world mission fields and is taking steps to deploy missionaries into three new areas.…