The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

January 2, 2020

Celebrating unconventional ministry 'success'

While we don't necessarily believe in "success" in ministry, how do words like “growth” and “effectiveness” weigh on a church worker, congregation or agency sharing the Gospel?

December 2, 2019

Finding local resources

Many Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod church workers and spouses identified the need for help finding more wellness resources. Here are three helpful tips for finding localized resources.

November 7, 2019

Wellness: A Lutheran perspective

Wellness and well-being are not distinctly Lutheran ideas, but Lutheranism does have some unique doctrinal concepts that are useful for the pursuit of our wellness.

October 1, 2019

Why ask for help?

When we ask for help, we trust in our Helper God and rest in His promises. God doesn’t strike. He doesn’t reject. He keeps our lives. He keeps us from birth until death and each day in between.

September 13, 2019

The five most pressing needs of commissioned workers

Commissioned workers of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod serve as teachers, musicians, discipleship and outreach coordinators, parish nurses, children’s ministers, mentors, youth workers and more.

August 20, 2019

Church Worker Wellness resources

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod offers resources to promote and nurture the spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being of pastors and professional church workers.

August 8, 2019

The five most pressing needs of pastors

Rev. Richard Koehneke identifies areas of need for the wellness of pastors, church workers and families of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

July 10, 2019

Advice for those first few years as a church worker

You’ve got a call. It’s a big deal. Now it's time to enter the wonderful and hard world of ministry life.

June 5, 2019

Fresh produce - alternative provisions for church workers

Giving fresh produce seems like such a small thing, but it shows appreciation to our church workers. Here are creative ideas for providing a little extra for LCMS workers and their families.

May 7, 2019

Tiny goals

Sometimes the big things of life get the better of us. Sometimes we know we need to make a change, but the magnitude of change crashes in on us.

April 8, 2019

Is he my pastor or my husband? Spiritual care in the clergy marriage

What unique challenges and gifts in spiritual care come with the clergy marriage?

March 8, 2019

We don't need to fulfill any church member’s expectations (real or imagined) of what a pastor’s wife, ministry spouse, pastor, teacher, or other church worker should be. We only need to focus on God, the One who calls us free in the grace of Christ.