LCMS World Mission Blog

Good news from LCMS missionaries in the Dominican Republic

We are celebrating the first steps towards a new church in Las Americas. Last Sunday was a landmark day for the mission in Las Americas as we celebrated the dedication of the recently purchased property for the building of a future church!

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 [...]

CPH’s 2010 VBS curriculum includes Dominican Republic mission project

Concordia Publishing House’s 2010 vacation Bible school curriculum, “Planet Zoom,” provides a hands-on opportunity for children to become more involved in God’s mission. The curriculum’s featured mission concept, “Project: Dominican Republic,” is a joint project of LCMS World Mission and LCMS World Relief and Human Care. The mission project encourages vacation Bible school participants to [...]

From Rev. Walter Ries and Danelle Putnam in the Dominican Republic

“On August 1, we celebrated our very first service in our newest mission in Cutupu with 15 people present. Currently, three men are studying the book of Genesis in this small agricultural community. Lord-willing, we hope to begin confirmation classes in this community sometime in October, as well as a Sunday Bible school that would [...]

From LCMS missionaries and partners in the Dominican Republic

“Dominicans have a real passion for baseball. Baseball fields, or ‘plays’ as the are called here, are in every community, and it is a common occurrence to see a fully dressed baseball player walking down the street, a pickup truck loaded down with a young boys’ baseball team, and children playing baseball in the streets, often [...]