LCMS World Mission Blog

Chilean church plans for post-earthquake ministry

In the midst of the chaos following the Feb. 27 earthquake and resulting tsunami, leaders and members of the Confessional Lutheran Church of Chile (IELCHI) remain focused on how they can minister to each other and to others in their communities.

LCMS offers prayers and support for Chile and partners

The president of the LCMS’ Chilean partner church body said his members and pastors are safe following the Feb. 27 8.8 magnitude earthquake even as the church body’s assessment of damage continues.

Good news from Rev. Ed and Cherie Auger on a special assignment in Haiti

“We had a work plan for January: Stephen Ministry classes, Bible studies, confirmation classes, appointments, etc. Then, on Jan. 12, the earth shook and all eyes turned toward Haiti, with good reason.

Audio interview with Rev. Don Johnson

Rev. Don Johnson has served the Lord as the executive director of Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots U.S. since 1994. This ministry seeks to share Christ’s Kingdom with native North American peoples for ministry to their own and to others. Listen as Don discusses this unique mission outreach to equip native men and women for [...]

Audio Interview with James Neuendorf

James Neuendorf serves as a the communications specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean through LCMS World Mission. He joined other members of the LCMS assessment team that went into Haiti Jan. 22-23 to meet with leaders from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti and to evaluate the spiritual, emotional, and physical damage that the [...]

Seeing hope in the midst of Haiti destruction

Watch a video from the LCMS assessment team in Haiti. The images are from Port-au-Prince and Jacmel. Members of the assessment team included: Rev. Dr. Jorge Groh, regional director of Latin America with LCMS World Mission; Rev. Glenn Merritt, director of disaster response for LCMS World Relief and Human Care; Chaplain Steve Lee, a critical [...]

Rev. Dr. Jorge Groh shares reflections on response in Haiti

Rev. Dr. Jorge Groh, regional director of LCMS World Mission in Latin America, based in Panama, shared some of his first thoughts after returning from serving on the LCMS assessment team in Haiti on Jan. 22 and 23. Groh reflected that the Haitian people are used to living in crisis day-by-day, and that the earthquake [...]

Regional missionaries re-deployed to help with Haiti response

Photo: Members of the assessment team, pastoral care personnel, LCMS missionaries, and Dominican Lutherans who worked together in response to the Haiti earthquake
Regional missionaries re-deployed
LCMS missionaries from other parts of Latin America arrived in the Dominican Republic to further assist the missionaries who are permanently stationed in the Dominican Republic. These re-deployed missionaries included Rev. [...]

Video slideshow, photos available from Haiti assessment team

View photos from assessment team

The LCMS assessment team coordinated by LCMS World Relief and Human Care and LCMS World Mission returned to the Dominican Republic from Haiti late on Jan. 23. James Neuendorf, a communications specialist missionary with LCMS World Mission in Latin America, provided photos today of Haitian people struggling to cope with the [...]

LCMS assessment team in Haiti

Photo: Rev. Dr. Jorge Groh, regional director of Latin America and the Caribbean for LCMS World Mission
An LCMS assessment team crossed from the Dominican Republic into Haiti in the early hours of Jan. 22 and met with Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH) President Rev. Marky Kessa at a local police station.
Team member Dr. [...]