LCMS World Mission Blog

New video: “What’s your GO?”

What’s your GO? Who is God calling you to share His Good News with? It could be someone in your family, school, workplace, or neighborhood. Or, it could be someone across the globe! This video is ideal to use in your home, small group Bible study, or with an entire congregation to encourage mission involvement.

International mission highlights video

Celebrate God’s mission in Paraguay, Ethiopia, Central Europe, and Sri Lanka. Ministries supported by LCMS World Mission in these locations provide examples of how God is working through His people to draw others to faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.

Fan into Flame video

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.

Audio interview with GEO missionary Megan Birney

Megan Birney serves the Lord through LCMS World Mission as a GEO missionary in Hong Kong. She serves as the director of Family Life Ministry at Church of All Nations. Church of All Nations is an English-speaking international LCMS congregation located on the campus of Hong KongInternational School.

Audio Interview with Andy and Jamie Koenig

Andy and Jamie Koenig are preparing to serve as GEO missionaries in Poland, where they will be building relationships with students and their families through teaching English as a Foreign Language and helping with other outreach activities in the Polish congregations where they serve.

Audio interview with Matt Wasmund

Listen to an audio interview with Matt Wasmund, who serves the Lord as the strategic volunteer coordinator in East Asia. Matt and his wife Rebecca (Dee Dee), along with their daughters, Lily and Olivia, live in Taiwan. Their work involves overseeing support and programmatic needs for the GEO missionaries at the Concordia School System–Taiwan and for the GEO missionaries in Japan of the Volunteer Youth Ministry (VYM) program.

Audio interview with Kama Bernabo

Kama Bernabo serves the Lord as director of international mission planning and operations for LCMS World Mission. In this role, she develops the systems, networks, and connections for LMCS World Mission’s international operations. Listen as Kama discusses the recent Transcultural Mission Program in Paraguay with LCMS missionaries and Latin American partners.

Message from Rev. Tom Zehnder

View a special thank you message from Rev. Tom Zehnder, executive director of LCMS World Mission. Tom celebrates God’s blessings through the more than 40,000 generous donors and congregations who have supported the work of LCMS World Mission and our mission partners around the world—sharing the saving news of grace and salvation through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

Audio interview with Elizabeth Mowery

Listen to an audio interview with Elizabeth Mowery, who serves the Lord as a mission communication manager for LCMS World Mission. Elizabeth previously served LCMS World Mission for two years in Argentina as a long-term missionary, where she taught English and assisted in outreach work through Lutheran churches in Buenos Aires and Salta.

Audio interview with Erin Alter

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.