LCMS World Mission Blog

Photo of the Week

Ablaze! Alliance Missionary Rev. David Theys hands out informational tracts in the city of Jujuy, Argentina. The city, in Argentina’s northernmost province, does not yet have a Lutheran presence. David Theys and members of his mission congregation in Salta, Argentina, two hours from Jujuy, sell Christian material on the street and make valuable contacts for [...]

Audio Interview with Mark and Rose Krause

Rev. Mark and Rosalie (Rose) Krause serve the Lord in the Baltic region of Eurasia, where Mark is the area facilitator for LCMS World Mission work in the Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. He has been called to create mission awareness and support within American congregations of the work that is being accomplished in the Baltics and to provide counsel and [...]

Photo of the Week

Louise and Michael Weber receive the 2009 International Lutheran Educators award from Dr. Jonathan Laabs, Executive Director of the Lutheran Education Association (LEA).  The Webers are educators at Concordia International School Shanghai, where Louise is the Elementary School Principal and Michael served as Director of Technology from 1998-2008.   The Webers received the prestigious award [...]

Update from missionary Stephen Wiggins in Atlanta, Ga.

At the Ablaze! Covenant Congregation Training, we expected two congregations to attend, but we ended up with a total of five congregations from the Atlanta South Circuit attending. The workshop was held at Faith Lutheran Church in Marietta, Ga. These are the congregations which have said they will at least evaluate and pray about the idea of planting three [...]

Choir Festival – El Paso, Texas

Photo shared by Richard Schlak at the Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute in El Paso, Texas. The Choir Music Festival was held on Sunday, April 19 at 4:00 p.m. at San Pablo Lutheran Church, with refreshments next door at the Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute. It was organized by the Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute. The Festival was a [...]

From David and Joyce Erber in Nigeria

“Recently, Joyce and I [David] spend an evening with one of our Master of Christian Outreach (MACO) students. He shared how he prayed that God would increase his passion for telling one other person, just one other person, about the Savior. Then, while walking down the street, our student selected a random ‘street person.’ He [...]

From GEO missionary Stephanie Roegner in Taiwan

“One of my students and her family recently invited me and another missionary teacher, Beka, over to dinner because we teach their children. Her younger brother is in Beka’s E3 class. Recently, my students and I have been talking about following God and what holds them back from believing in Him. My student’s family has [...]

From GEO missionary Ashley Effken in the Czech Republic

“One of my great pleasures in teaching is Monday mornings at the preschool. Every Monday, I arrive at 9:30 a.m. and dearly love being with these young children. Every week we learn a song or some new words (in categories such as colors, pets, clothes, etc.), and afterward I give the children each a page [...]

From Mark and Rose Krause in Latvia

“Last year, Mark worked with Rev. Artis Eglitis, the chief administrative officer of the Latvian Lutheran Church, to design a pastor salary plan for the church. The plan provided funding so that 115 pastors in Latvia could serve as full-time pastors. The plan organized the selling of property in Latvia so that the proceeds could [...]

From LCMS World Mission-supported work in Spain

“In Madrid, God’s work continues to produce fruit. One of them is Tomas Rubio, who contacted Lutheran missionaries via Internet to find out more about the Lutheran Church. Beginning in January, he began to attend worship services regularly. He now has Bible materials and pastoral support through our missionary, Gustavo Lavia, so that his faith [...]