Training future church planters
In January 2025, three different groups of students from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS) went on Winterim trips as part of a special partnership with WELS Home Missions. These trips were…
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…
My Christian life: Child of missionary grows up to serve as missionary herself
As a child of a missionary and now as a missionary myself, Joshua 1:9 is my beacon: “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for…
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…
Moments with missionaries: Abe Degner
A celebration in Cochabamba The streets were packed with tourists, vendors, and colorfully dressed dancers. It was carnival weekend in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and thousands had flocked to the city to…