LCMS World Mission Blog

Pictured above: Missionaries who currently serve in Hong Kong and Macau gather for Thanksgiving fellowship

LCMS World Mission joins the ministry family at Concordia English Center in Macau in giving thanks to God celebrating the Center’s 10th anniversary in December 2009. A special anniversary celebration at the center included North American missionaries who currently serve there, Chinese workers, Chinese students, and other guests. Macau is a special administrative region of the Peoples’ Republic of China.

DCE Sharon Owens, a missionary with LCMS World Mission, currently oversees the work of the missionaries and national staff who serve at the center in Macau. She will soon be joined by missionaries Matt and Kim Myers and their children, who will also be serving at the center. Current GEO missionaries in Macau include recent college graduates as well as retired laypeople.

Rev. Michael Wu, an Ablaze! Alliance missionary, also serves in Macau at St. Paul Lutheran Church, and works with LCMS missionaries in their outreach to the Cantonese-speaking population of Macau. Wu is originally from Taiwan, and moved to Macau to serve there in partnership with the China Evangelical Lutheran Church in Taiwan and LCMS World Mission. Concordia English Center works in close cooperation with St. Paul Lutheran Church—in fact, the free English Bible studies that originally started at the center are now hosted by St. Paul in an effort to connect curious students with more members of the congregation.

The center has served thousands of students over the last 10 years, through regular English classes (which can be more traditional group classes or one-on-one tutoring), free English Bible studies, and special outreach events. The center has also benefitted from the service of many short-term mission teams and individuals over the years, who have held intensive English camps and other special events to build relationships with students and, ultimately, share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A second sister English center has even grown out of the ministry of Concordia English Center in Macau.

There are many opportunities to serve in Macau at the Concordia English Center in a short-term or long-term capacity. Both teams and individuals are needed.

• If you would like to make an impact in Asia, learn more about strategic ministry opportunities via www.lcmsworldmission.org/searchopps and search for “Macau.”
• Learn more about missionaries serving in Macau.