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Read more about the article Moments with missionaries: Dan Lindner

Moments with missionaries: Dan Lindner

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

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…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Angie Zhang

Confessions of faith: Angie Zhang

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2024/11/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A concert pianist discovers a new church family and grows in her faith through a congregational campus ministry program. It all started with a Facebook post. A WELS student was…

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Read more about the article A shared path to the ministry

A shared path to the ministry

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2024/08/31
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

WELS members Jenessa Werre and Kaitlin Gilbert have quite a bit in common. They both graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point with an education degree—Werre in December 2021 and…

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Read more about the article District news: April 2023

District news: April 2023

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/03/30
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News/District News

WESTERN WISCONSIN On Feb. 25, more than 100 women gathered at St. Matthew’s, Oconomowoc, Wis., for the congregation’s third annual women’s retreat. The retreat theme was “Chosen.” HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! NORTHERN…

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Read more about the article Growing closer to Jesus and one another

Growing closer to Jesus and one another

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/03/29
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

“Closer to Jesus, closer together.” That’s the tagline for Awake and Alive ministries, a young adult ministry conducted via online Bible studies and in-person events for people between the ages…

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Read more about the article A second family

A second family

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/09/30
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

When Light of the Valleys, Reno, Nev., discovered it was going to have a vicar for the first time in 2021, it decided to embark on a new ministry opportunity—a…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Delaney Leffel

Confessions of faith: Delaney Leffel

  • Post author:Gabriella Blauert
  • Post published:2020/01/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

Music becomes an invitation to learn of Jesus. Gabriella Blauert Our parents are often our first role models. They are the ones we look up to for guidance and moral…

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Read more about the article Going home

Going home

  • Post author:Samantha J. Huebner
  • Post published:2019/11/01
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

We long for the comfort and peace that a home provides. Samantha J. Huebner Doesn’t it feel like you just started college a week ago? You moved into a new…

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Read more about the article Lavished love for loneliness

Lavished love for loneliness

  • Post author:Jonathan P. Bilitz
  • Post published:2019/09/01
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

The absence of familiar things often means feeling alone, but God’s love in Jesus remains sure and certain. Jonathan P. Bilitz Would it surprise you to learn that the fastest…

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