Learn how the Fan into Flame campaign is supporting new mission projects around the globe—all in the name of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Fan into Flame is the fundraising initiative directed by the 2004 Synodical convention to develop new financial support for the Ablaze! mission movement.
This Fan into Flame special report, which was presented to all delegates of the 64th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, is now available online for download. The report features exciting new outreach initiatives started with campaign funds, a list of all congregations that have participated…
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Convention honored three congregations for their outstanding efforts to raise funds for the Synod’s Fan into Flame campaign in support of Ablaze! mission initiatives. Fan into Flame, the six-year-old campaign to raise $100 million, has raised $58,900,172 in gifts and pledges as of July 1.
The borrowed sanctuary is overflowing. Family and friends have swelled the ranks of the small Lutheran congregation in Seville to participate in the Sacrament of Baptism. The beautiful baby girl is dressed all in white for her special day, on which she will be baptized and accepted into the Lutheran church family in Spain like her two sisters before her.
The next Church Planter Assessment Center (CPAC) is scheduled for Aug. 1-3, 2010, at Divine Shepherd Lutheran Church in Omaha, Neb. Registration for this insightful experience is open until July 12, 2010. The CPAC is a powerful tool for clarifying whether a person’s capacities are a good fit for church-planting ministry.
Listen to an audio interview with Erin Alter, who serves the Lord through her position as the program director for GEO missionary service at LCMS World Mission. She recruits and places individuals for GEO missionary service around the world.
The Ablaze! and Fan into Flame Reporter insert is now available for you to read online. The Spring 2010 edition features updates on the Ablaze! mission movement, including family faith-sharing in the northeast and GEO missionaries in Hong Kong. The Fan into Flame update features outreach at an Ablaze! Covenant Congregation and celebrations in Kyrgyzstan.
The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) is pleased to offer a new resource for faith sharing. Faith Talk is an interactive faith-sharing guide and outreach training program. Faith Talk leads participants through a process of recognizing personal opportunities for faith-sharing, effective listening, and celebrating the encounters which God provides. The goal of Faith Talk is [...]
LCMS World Mission is pleased to share a new resource offered by St. Luke Lutheran Church in Cabot, Pa. The 50 Days Ablaze! devotional has been recorded in an audio format for easy listening and personal devotional use. Each daily audio segment includes a Bible passage, devotion, and prayer.
Winchell MacNeill, of St. Louis, Mo., turned a wrong number situation into a faith-sharing opportunity as he shared Jesus with an atheist woman on the other end of the line. He writes, “I called a New York telephone number that was supposed to be for an LCMS pastor I was trying to reach. The lady [...]
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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