A pastor from Argentina began visiting two Lutheran groups in Montevideo in 1936. This work bore fruit with the formation of a congregation in 1947, San Pablo Lutheran Church. San Pablo Church still serves as the national mother church with mission work extending out to other parts of the country.  The Office of International Mission of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod has two missionaries in Uruguay, working as part of a team with the national church. The Montevideo City Center Mission doubles as a mercy and outreach center. It has a clothing bank, holds enrichment courses for the community, and serves as a distribution center for food and other needs of the poor. The San Pablo school campus includes both new and historic buildings and is valued by the local community. Work in the northern Uruguayan department of Paysandú has resulted in a new congregation, who purchased land and has begun construction of a worship and outreach center in the town of Chapicuy.

Giving Thanks for the Lutheran Heritage Foundation

The Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF) is a great help for the mission work in Latin America. We are grateful for their excellent work and congratulate them on thirty years of service to the Lord’s Church worldwide.

Alliance Missionary Maicon Schieferdecker

Rev. Maicon Schieferdecker serves as a church planter in three locations, Salto, Chapicuy and Paysandú in northern Uruguay. He leads worship services and Bible classes in a new worship facility in Chapicuy and a rented storefront in Salto. Work on the new mission in Paysandú is in the beginning stages.

Christ for All!

“Christ for all! That is how we can define the Alliance Project. From February 28 to March 14, 2021, on a trip to the Dominican Republic, I had the great opportunity to accompany eight IELB pastors and their families in language, culture and mission training. What a challenge! What learning! More than a special moment, as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (IELB) and The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) joined forces in this project to bring the love of Jesus to different peoples and cultures.