This month’s update comes from Sam Borgwardt, business manager for the LCMS Asia region.
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October 3, 2024
‘Expanding the Spanish Footprint’: Language instruction for pastors
The immersive course will be hosted in the Dominican Republic
October 3, 2024
Rajek installed as OIM executive director
Rajek previously served as director of the LCMS Eurasia region.
September 20, 2024
Lutheran Synod of Mexico president and others safe after kidnapping
President Isaac Garcia was traveling with another pastor and four deaconesses
September 17, 2024
From the mission field: Responding to emergencies
The LCMS Office of International Mission allocates funds for unexpected mercy needs in each of its four world regions.
September 16, 2024
Video series explains Christianity in multiple languages
The series is currently available in Farsi, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish and English.
September 13, 2024
Caring for People in Russia
The LCMS supports two outreach centers in Russia that provide pastoral care, counseling, financial assistance and other services to those in need.
September 13, 2024
A Short-Term Mission Experience in Puerto Rico
In June, a team from St. John’s Lutheran Church, Arnold, Mo., served alongside LCMS missionaries in Puerto Rico.
September 13, 2024
Gathering the Faithful in Japan
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s only missionary in Japan seeks to bring together faithful Lutherans scattered around the country.
September 13, 2024
‘God Is with Us in Suffering’
Lutherans in Brazil and Chile care for each other and their communities in the midst of devastating disasters.
September 10, 2024
Missionaries end, begin service
Missionaries who have concluded their service were recognized on July 19, and missionaries who recently completed orientation were recognized on Aug. 2.
September 9, 2024
‘Of one mind’: Teaching and learning in the Czech Republic
An LCMS Short-Term Mission team leads an English Bible Camp in the Czech Republic.
August 29, 2024
‘A salvation plan’: Flood recovery in Brazil
The Rio Grande do Sul region is home to the largest Lutheran population in Brazil.
August 22, 2024
Faith without borders: A week in Uruguay
Lauren Dawson and other students from Concordia University, Nebraska, Seward, Neb., served on an LCMS International Mission short-term team at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in Montevideo, Uruguay.
August 12, 2024
From the mission field: 50 years of ‘Chevanurch’
“Chevanurch,” a shortening of “China Evangelical Lutheran Church,” comprises about 70 people from 19 families who formerly served as missionaries to Taiwan.
July 3, 2024
From the mission field: Christian care for body and soul
Updates about LCMS mission work around the world.