LCMS World Mission Blog

Interim executive director named by mission board

On Nov. 19, Kermit “Butch” Almstedt, chairman of the Board for Mission Services (BFMS), announced on behalf of the Board, their unanimous decision to appoint Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Zehnder as interim executive director of LCMS World Mission. Zehnder accepted this appointment the same day. “This is a wonderful blessing to us,” shares Almstedt, “as [...]

I Found It! – Video

John and Doris Bowerman share about their experience serving as long-term missionaries at Concordia English Center in Macau. Learn more about the mission work in Macau Support John and Doris Bowerman Search for mission service opportunities

Post-hurricane update from Ed and Cherie Auger in the Cayman Islands

Ed and Cherie Auger, who serve at Safe Habour Community Lutheran Church in Grand Cayman, shared the following update after Hurricane Paloma passed the island on Nov. 7. “We are pleased to inform you that Grand Cayman was spared serious damage as Category 3 Hurricane Paloma veered 18 miles to the east as it approached [...]

Photo of the week

EIIT graduating class of 2008.  Left to right: Bottom row: Rev. John Loum, Gemedo Adema, Haro Galgalo, Lang Yang, Asaph James, Elijah Ndon, Elamin Baggor. Top Row: Bafel Deng, Simon Dup, Ebenezer Mallepalle, Lumembo Tshiswaka, George Jock, Matthew Both The Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology (EIIT) is a distance-education pastoral and deaconess training program for immigrants [...]