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May 25, 2021
Webinar: 'Using Art in Outreach'
Deaconess Kim Bueltmann, who serves the Lord through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod as a missionary in Germany, presented a webinar on "Using Art in Outreach."
April 30, 2021
Webinar: 'Using Home Visits in Outreach'
The Rev. Joel Fritsche, who serves the Lord as a missionary of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in the Dominican Republic, led a webinar titled “Using Home Visits in Outreach.”
November 3, 2020
Webinar: 'Avoiding Dependency: Sustainable Mission Work'
Stephanie Schulte, R.N., B.S.N. — who serves the Lord through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod as a missionary in West and Central Africa — led a webinar titled “Avoiding Dependency: Sustainable Mission Work.”
September 1, 2020
Tips for English Conversation Partners
The LCMS Office of International Mission has been partnering with our missionaries to provide volunteer support to ongoing English-based outreach efforts. These tips are based on one missionary’s experience hosting an online conversation group, but most can be applied in any English conversation partner setting.
April 30, 2020
God’s Mercy Never Ceases
LCMS missionaries in the Dominican Republic get to build relationships share Christ with people simply by doing life together.
March 9, 2020
Reflections on LCMS Mercy Medical Team mission trip to Uganda
A volunteer Mercy Medical Team from The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and a local medical team provided health care to about 1,000 patients from a remote village in Uganda in 2019.
February 7, 2020
One day with an LCMS short-term mission team in Puerto Rico
Through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Short-Term Mission program, a volunteer team from St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Esko, Minn., served in Puerto Rico in November 2019. Here’s what a day in life of that team looked like, written by one of the team members.
November 26, 2019
International volunteer work and your health
We ask all individuals serving with The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod to consult with a primary care provider or travel physician prior to departing on a short-term mission trip.
March 29, 2019
Volunteering with ... Farming? Accounting? English? Yes!
Every year, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod sends short-term volunteers to international locations. Read how the “ordinary” skills of volunteers have been put to use to further God’s kingdom around the world.
April 4, 2018
LCMS volunteers strengthen global mission outreach
Volunteers serving in Poland, Malawi, Madagascar, and Tanzania share their stories of serving in the international mission field.
February 23, 2018
Just Another Day at English Bible Camp!
Sarah Harms, GEO missionary in the Czech Republic, who participated in her first English Bible Camp in 2017.
February 12, 2016
KFUO Audio: Interview about 'Mission Field: USA' with Rev. Schave, Rev. Burfeind
KFUO Radio host Andy Bates talks with Rev. Steve Schave, director, LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Peter Burfeind about national mission work. Rev. Burfeind is a domestic missionary serving in campus ministry at the University of Toledo and in the struggling inner city of Toledo, Ohio, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Student Ministry.
August 31, 2015
'From Ghosts to God in Enga Land: Planting His Church Among the Enga People of Central Papua New Guinea'
Otto C. Hintze Jr.’s stunning personal account of the Holy Spirit at work among Papua New Guinea’s Enga people paints a vivid picture of the challenges Lutheran missionary families faced/
October 21, 2014
Audio: KFUO World Lutheran News interview – Castillo Fuerte in Lima, Peru
Daniel Fickenscher, a Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod missionary in Latin America, was interviewed on Oct. 18, 2014, by KFUO Radio about Castillo Fuerte (Mercy House) in Lima, Peru. Castillo Fuerte provides a safe place for slum children in Lima to play, study and learn about the Gospel.