Together Archive

Items about Missions

  • 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

  • Spotlight on Streams: WELS Connection

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    Published on: May 5, 2008

  • Ten graduate from seminary in Nigeria

    Ten students graduated from Christ the King Lutheran Seminary in the village of Uruk Uso, Nigeria, on April 5. Seven were ordained April 20 and will begin work in the parishes of All Saints Lutheran Church, a synod of about 5,000 souls that is in fellowship with Christ the King Lutheran Church and WELS. The other three will vicar until they are ordained in December... read more

    Published on: April 21, 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

  • WELS reaches out in Bolivia

    Missionary Larry Retberg, part of WELS' five-man team of Latin American Traveling Theological Educators (LATTE), returned to the United States on Mar. 13 after teaching a series of doctrine courses in Bolivia. More than 60 students—many were pastors and leaders of Bolivia's Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches—registered for Retberg's 7- and 10-day course offerings on doctrine, evangelism... read more

    Published on: April 7, 2008

  • Mozambique mission team begins training

    WELS' first missionary team to the African nation of Mozambique has arrived in Portugal to begin language training and prepare for initial outreach efforts in Mozambique next year. Rev. Jeff Enderle, previously pastor at Gethsemane, Omaha, Neb., and his wife Angela arrived in Portugal on Mar. 7. Mr. Bill Meier, previously lay missionary to Malawi, Africa; his wife, Cathy; and three daughters arrived... read more

    Published on: March 17, 2008

  • Cameroon update

    In a breaking news edition of "Together" on Friday, prayers were requested for two WELS pastors and their families currently in Cameroon. Reports say as many as 20 people have been killed in rioting there as the African nation experiences the worst violence it has seen in 15 years... read more

    Published on: March 3, 2008

  • National church in Brazil making progress

    The Brazilian Lutheran Church took an important step as a national church body when it held its first biennial general assembly Feb. 3-5 in Dourados, Brazil. Attendees included members of the national church council, delegates from the church's two congregations in Dourados and Gravataí, and the three WELS missionaries serving in Brazil... read more

    Published on: March 3, 2008

  • WELS families still in Cameroon following violent riots, shootings

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    Published on: February 29, 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

  • God opens doors

    From the office of President Mark Schroeder... read more

    Published on: December 3, 2007

  • Missionary accepts call to Mozambique

    Rev. Jeff Enderle, pastor at Gethsemane, Omaha, Neb., has accepted the call to be part of WELS' first missionary team to Mozambique, Africa. Enderle joins Mr. Bill Meier, previously a lay missionary to Malawi, who accepted the call to Mozambique last May. This is the first time since 1998 WELS is sending resident missionaries into a new world mission field... read more

    Published on: December 3, 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

  • Spotlight on Streams: Window to the World

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    Published on: November 5, 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