Together Archive

Items about BHM

  • Reno area mission holds first service

    The Springs Lutheran Church, Spanish Springs, Nev., held its first Sunday worship service on April 5. Profiled in April's edition of WELS Connection, this home mission congregation was established as a partnership between Shepherd of the Mountains, an established WELS congregation in nearby Reno, and WELS Board for Home Missions (BHM). It is one of six new mission congregations authorized and funded... read more

    Published on: April 6, 2009

  • WELS CEF makes $1 million grant to Home Missions

    In an effort to help manage the unforeseen financial struggles facing the synod, WELS Church Extension Fund (CEF) has made a special $1 million grant to support the work of the Board for Home Missions. Without this grant, Home Missions may have been forced to recall missionaries and close down missions to the tune of $1 million by the end of June. The grant also frees up an equal amount of dollars... read more

    Published on: March 2, 2009

  • Operations of Home, World Missions combine

    In an effort to better serve WELS administrative committees, district mission boards, and home and world missionaries, the office operations of Home and World Missions have combined. According to Mr. Mel Schuler, director of missions operations, this will streamline the workflow and make the overall operation of both Home and World Missions more efficient... read more

    Published on: February 2, 2009

  • Work begins at new mission in Reno

    Rev. Steve Hillmer, the new outreach pastor at Shepherd of the Mountains, Reno, Nev., was installed July 13. As outreach pastor, Hillmer is working to start a new mission congregation in Spanish Springs, a growing area just outside of Reno. Shepherd of the Mountains is partnering with WELS Board for Home Missions to fund the mission and is providing lay workers to get it off the ground... read more

    Published on: July 21, 2008

  • Fourth mission counselor position filled

    Rev. Peter Kruschel, administrator for WELS Board for Ministerial Education, accepted the call from WELS Board for Home Missions to be the mission counselor in the Pacific Northwest and southwestern regions of the country. Kruschel received the call May 30 and accepted on June 26... read more

    Published on: July 7, 2008

  • New mission counselor called

    WELS Board for Home Missions called Rev. Peter Kruschel—currently administrator for WELS Board for Ministerial Education—on May 30 to be the mission counselor for the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern regions of the United States. Currently three mission counselors work with missionaries, mission groups, and self-supporting congregations across the country to help them share God's Word... read more

    Published on: June 16, 2008

  • WELS CEF reports strong activity

    WELS Church Extension Fund, Inc. (CEF), the self-supporting, not-for-profit corporate WELS affiliate that provides financing for mission-minded endeavors and projects under the direction of WELS Board for Home Missions, is reporting strong activity for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2007-08... read more

    Published on: June 2, 2008

  • New pastor for WELS mission in St. Lucia

    For the first time, the WELS mission on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia will be served by a West Indian pastor. Bramdeo Ramgolam, who will be graduating May 23 from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, has accepted a call to return to Trinity, his home congregation of approximately 140 souls, which is located in the capital city of Castries... read more

    Published on: May 19, 2008

  • Synodical Council recap

    As reported in a "Together" breaking news release Monday, April 28, the Synodical Council has approved a request from the Board for Home Missions (BHM) that it be allocated $500,000 of an anticipated $2.2 million surplus in the synod's operating budget for fiscal year 2007-08. The funds are designated for new mission opportunities and will be appropriated when they actually become available... read more

    Published on: May 5, 2008

  • New ministry positions authorized

    The WELS Board for Home Missions (BHM) meeting in Milwaukee April 4 and 5 authorized funding for nine new ministry positions pending financial arrangements still to be finalized. Four of the positions would be for new congregations—the other five would be for new or expanded ministry at existing sites. Eight of the new positions would involve pastorally trained candidates... read more

    Published on: April 7, 2008

  • New mission efforts in Nevada

    Rev. Steven Hillmer is finalizing his plans to begin work in the suburbs of Reno, Nev., site of the next mission congregation with significant WELS funding... read more

    Published on: April 7, 2008

  • Work begins to establish new congregations

    WELS Board for Home Missions (BHM), in conjunction with district mission boards and neighboring congregations, is taking initial steps to establish new congregations near Reno, Nev., and Battlement Mesa-Parachute, Colo. The steps follow BHM's decision to allocate about $200,000 between the two missions at its meeting Dec. 14... read more

    Published on: January 7, 2008

  • New ministry positions authorized

    The Executive Committee of the Board for Home Missions (BHM) authorized five new pastor positions, two staff ministers, two preschool directors, and one other assistant at its meeting Dec. 13-14... read more

    Published on: December 17, 2007

  • WELS Church Extension Fund assets up 10 percent

    Audit results show that WELS Church Extension Fund (CEF) closed the 2006-07 fiscal year with more than $70 million in member investments—up about 10 percent from a year ago. CEF currently has outstanding loans of nearly $115 million... read more

    Published on: November 5, 2007

  • Mission board plans moving forward

    WELS Board for Home Missions (BHM) is moving forward with its expansion plans designed to reach out with the gospel... read more

    Published on: October 15, 2007

  • New mission counselor accepts interim call

    On Aug. 18, Pastor Mark Birkholz accepted a call as interim mission counselor for the Board for Home Missions. Birkholz will serve in this position for one year as the Board for Home Missions reviews how the mission counselors program is organized and used by mission congregations within WELS... read more

    Published on: September 17, 2007