Students gain hands-on experiences in home missions—and more
“When the Board for Home Missions announced the initiative to open 100 new missions in 10 years, at Michigan Lutheran Seminary (MLS) we contemplated how we could play an even…
Growth and partnership in Indonesia
In July 2022, WELS Friendly Counselor Gregory Bey made his first visit to Indonesia since the pandemic began. Bey attended the convention of WELS’ sister synod in Indonesia, Gereja Lutheran…
Confessions of faith: John Jia
A school open house provides an opportunity to reach a Chinese family and start a new cross-cultural ministry. John Jia, a member at Reformation, San Diego, Calif., has a heart…
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,…
WELS news briefs: June 2022
WELS Missions WELS Europe Team, part of WELS World Missions, is working with the Igreja Luterana de Portugal (ILP), WELS’ sister synod in Portugal, to reach the world’s largest Portuguese-speaking…
Creating connections
In 2020, Bethlehem, an exploratory mission in Richland Center, Wis., was looking for a ministry space to call home. After one option fell through, God provided a perfect fit: a…
Offering hope and help in Ukraine
WELS members are giving generously to help relieve the suffering in Ukraine from the war. These gifts provide aid to and through members of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church (ULC), WELS’…
A new chapter in Russia
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you” (John 14:27). In his final message to leaders and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Concord, WELS’ sister church body…
Confessions of faith: Roy Mendoza and Paul Moronczyk
A murderer and a troublemaker discover a persistent Savior. Two men. Two backgrounds. One a former murderer, the other a former troublemaker. Little did they know that one day the…