WELS news briefs: August 2025
WELS MISSIONS In June, Asia Lutheran Seminary (ALS) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special worship service and banquet in Hong Kong. The milestone served not only as a look…
WELS news briefs: March 2025
WELS MINISTRY TO THE MILITARY WELS Military Chaplain Paul Horn and his daughter Calliope (a senior at Luther Preparatory School, Watertown, Wis.) traveled to Okinawa, Japan, in January to host…
WELS news briefs: September 2024
Christian Aid and Relief |wels.net/relief WELS Christian Aid and Relief will be distributing almost $500,000 in humanitarian aid grants for Fiscal Year 2024–25. WELS Home Missions will receive $64,258 in…
WELS news briefs: February 2024
WELS Canada | wels-canada.ca Representatives from across Canada met at St. Peter, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, in November for the WELS Canada annual general meeting. Attendees conducted elections for leadership…
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…
WELS news briefs: June 2023
Ministerial Education In April, Grow in Grace, the institute for continuing education at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS), Mequon, Wis., hosted about 200 people in San Antonio, Texas, for a Celebration…