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Read more about the article Funding helps outreach and relief efforts in Ukraine

Funding helps outreach and relief efforts in Ukraine

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2026/04/29
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As the fifth year of war begins in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Lutheran Church (ULC), along with citizens of Ukraine, continues to experience hardship and suffering. Families have had to flee…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: Missionary wife values family ties

My Christian life: Missionary wife values family ties

  • Post author:Christine Doebler
  • Post published:2025/03/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A missionary wife shares the importance of family ties when serving in a mission field. In March 2014, our family of five wearily deplaned at Hong Kong International Airport. My…

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Read more about the article Making Christ known in Latin America

Making Christ known in Latin America

  • Post author:Rachel Hartman
  • Post published:2024/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A look back at God's grace on more than 60 years of WELS mission work in Latin America. As a church body, WELS has been carrying out mission efforts in…

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Read more about the article Mission work approved in Senegal

Mission work approved in Senegal

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/11/29
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

The Board for World Missions has approved a plan to send two missionaries to Senegal to learn the culture and language in preparation for sharing the gospel and gathering a…

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Read more about the article WELS news briefs: October 2023

WELS news briefs: October 2023

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/09/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

World missions | wels.net/missions Women's ministry | wels.net/women A new Advent by candlelight program and resources are now available at wels.net/new-2023-advent-by-candlelight-resources. Following the theme “The King Shall Come,” the materials…

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Read more about the article Doing their thing their way

Doing their thing their way

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/09/19
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

In May and June of this year, three of WELS’ sister church bodies in Cameroon and Nigeria graduated a combined 25 men after five years of seminary studies. Seven of…

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Read more about the article WELS news briefs: April 2022

WELS news briefs: April 2022

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/03/28
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

Evangelism Ten Everyone Outreach workshops were held in fall 2021. Twenty-five more are planned during the first five months of 2022. WELS Commission on Evangelism designed the Everyone Outreach program…

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Read more about the article Mission opportunities in London

Mission opportunities in London

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/10/19
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

A new mission in London is one step closer to reality. The Board for World Missions is calling a full-time missionary to serve there after Larry Schlomer, administrator of the…

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Potential new world mission fields

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/03/26
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

More than 7,000 people groups in the world live without access to the good news of Jesus Christ. With these unreached people groups in mind, three world missionaries were tasked…

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