Moments with missionaries: Steven Saatkamp
What do you do when it suddenly becomes possible for your mission church to hit its long-term goals in months rather than years? That’s the question we’ve been asking ourselves…
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: Dan Lindner
At some point, every pastor internalizes Acts 17:16-34, and I’m no different. Whether serving as a vicar in a foreign land, a parish pastor, or now as the WELS Campus…
WELS news briefs: January 2024
Home missions | wels.net/missions At its fall 2023 meeting, the Board for Home Missions approved a new mission start in Buffalo, Wyo. A group of 27 WELS members living in…
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…
Home missions launch first worship services
Three home mission congregations in Texas launched their first worship services on Sept. 11. In September 2020, the Board for Home Missions authorized funding to Our Savior, San Antonio, Texas,…
Confessions of faith: Clark Woods
God’s plan was to claim Clark as his own and show him where real rest and peace are found—only in Jesus. The A-Team was my favorite TV show growing up…
On mission statements and missions
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…
More workers for a bountiful harvest
Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field!” (Luke…