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Read more about the article Big challenge, bigger blessings

Big challenge, bigger blessings

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2023/05/31
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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…

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Read more about the article Our worldwide fellowship

Our worldwide fellowship

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2023/04/30
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When you think of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), no doubt you think of it in terms of 350,000 people in the United States and Canada united by a…

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Read more about the article Seize the opportunities

Seize the opportunities

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2023/03/31
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When the apostle Paul, Silas, and Timothy were in Galatia on Paul’s second mission journey, they made the prayerful decision to head north with the gospel. Their intention was to…

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Read more about the article The Lord takes care of his church

The Lord takes care of his church

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2023/02/27
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In 2015, there were 77 vacancies for pastor-trained positions in our synod. That represented a vacancy rate of about 5 percent. Today, there are more than 140 vacancies for pastor-trained…

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Read more about the article Savor the rain

Savor the rain

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2023/01/30
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Martin Luther was not only a student of the Scriptures but also a keen observer of history. He was well aware of how the Christian church spread and grew from…

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Read more about the article Up close and personal

Up close and personal

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2022/12/27
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Nothing brings WELS’ world mission work to life like visiting those missions in person. I had such an opportunity last October. Along with WELS World Missions Administrator Larry Schlomer and…

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Read more about the article Partnering to spread God’s Word in Kenya and Ethiopia

Partnering to spread God’s Word in Kenya and Ethiopia

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/12/27
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

In October 2022, WELS President Mark Schroeder visited two of WELS’ sister synods in Africa—the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ–Kenya and the Lutheran Church of Ethiopia. Larry Schlomer, administrator…

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Read more about the article It’s never too early

It’s never too early

  • Post author:Mark Schroeder
  • Post published:2022/11/27
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Sometimes even the most terrible people say something that is undeniably true. A vicious and deranged dictator said, “He alone, who owns the youth, owns the future.” He set about…

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Read more about the article A new chapter for John Braun—and Forward in Christ

A new chapter for John Braun—and Forward in Christ

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/11/26
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After 16 years of service as executive editor of Forward in Christ, John Braun is retiring effective Dec. 31. This is his final issue. “One of the things that I…

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