LCMS World Mission Blog

Harvest News – April 09

Harvest News – April 2009 available online! Director’s letter Praise and thanks to God for JILM partnership Sharing God’s love in Vietnam Operation Barnabas – helping military families Prayer resources

Zehnder accepts call as executive director

LCMS World Mission is pleased to announce that Dr. Thomas R. Zehnder, who has been serving as interim executive director of LCMS World Mission since November, has accepted a call from the Board for Mission Services to continue his service as executive director. The Board extended the call at their April 15 meeting in St. [...]

Audio Interview with missionary John Muhly

Jon Muhly serves the Lord as a missionary in Eurasia, based out of Moscow, Russia. Jon is the area facilitator of LCMS mission work in Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. In this capacity, he is working with Lutheran churches, including the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia (ELCIR), and other emerging Lutheran church bodies [...]

Nebraska Family Supports Health Station in Vietnam

After a several month delay due to a big flood in October 2008, Phuong Xa Health Station was finally completed to the joy of Phuong Xa leaders and citizens at the end of January 2009. The joy was doubled immediately following the completion, when the health station received national standard status from the Central Government. [...]

National Mission News – Spring 09

National Mission Good News is a quarterly newsletter from LCMS World Mission—National Mission Team. It informs and encourages LCMS pastors, missionaries, and laypeople for faith in action.

Ablaze! prayer vigil at Our Redeemer in Moorhead, Minn.

Members of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Moorhead, Minn., held an Ablaze! Prayer Vigil on Ash Wednesday, February 25, 2009. The prayer time was from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. We had 27 people participate in 11 1/2 hours of prayer. We rejoice that the prayers of our members can be added to the rest [...]

Palm Sunday in the new Bishkek church building

The first worship service was held on Palm Sunday, in the new Bishkek church building. The church was blessed by Pastor Mansur before the people entered. The Service was lead by Bishop Kenjebek, Pastor Mansur, and Deacon Sergei. See more photos from the new Bishkek church building Learn more about the ministry work in Kyrgyzstan

Audio Interview with Tom Zehnder

Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Zehnder is the executive director of LCMS World Mission. This audio interview comes from the KFUO Morning Show with host Paul Clayton. Audio Interview courtesy of KFUO Radio AM 2009.

From Richard Schlak at the Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute in El Paso, Texas

“The students of the Missionary Institute worked together to plan and carry out a Christmas ‘posada’ at the house of Pastor Schlak. [A posada is a reenactment of Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem, performed just before Christmas.] The purpose of the posada wasn’t simply to have a good time and celebrate the [...]

From GEO missionaries Heath and Andrea Trampe

“When we went to visit the Swedish Embassy, one of our contacts greeted us warmly at the door, with no bag inspections or shake downs. In fact, we met with three people, all willing to take nearly an hour out of their busy schedules to sit and talk to a couple of missionaries. As we [...]