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100 Missions in 10 Years

A WELS Home Missions initiative to plant 100 new home mission churches and enhance 75 existing ministries from 2023-2033.

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us…”
Ephesians 3:20

Giving thanks to the Lord for

2023 Mission Starts

& Enhancements

From March 23-24, 2023, the Board for Home Missions (BHM) and the BHM Executive Committee met and prioritized requests for new home mission starts and ministry enhancements. They approved 15 new home mission starts and enhancements.

Home mission congregations
and exploratory sites

Yellow = 2023 new starts and enhancements: WELS Home Missions approved 15 new home mission starts and enhancements in March 2023. These are the first missions approved towards our synod’s goal of starting 100 missions and enhancing 75 ministries in the next ten years.

Red = Current home mission churches: Current home mission churches have applied for and received full home mission status from the Board for Home Missions. Funded home missions receive direct financial support from Home Missions. Unsubsidized, or self-funded, home missions do not receive direct financial support but still have access to the many other benefits offered to all home mission congregations: assistance through their district mission board, mission counselors, and synodical support staff plus full access to loans and grants from WELS Church Extension Fund and the Board for Home Missions.

Blue = Exploratory missions: District mission boards and mission counselors work with exploratory missions to develop a core group of members and begin Bible study and initial outreach before coming to the Board for Home Missions for official home mission status. These missions are not currently approved, but are preparing the groundwork needed for their formal ministry request to the Board for Home Missions. Each request is thoroughly vetted and either prioritized, deferred, or denied. Prioritized requests are authorized as funding is available. Please note that there might be some exploratory missions on this list that will not end up receiving home mission status after the review process.

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Want to help?

Let’s make it happen

This is a BIG challenge. An impossible one you might say. But we prepare and we plan, and we ask God to bless it. Trusting in the Lord, we boldly move forward knowing God will bless us and his kingdom. What can you do? Will you help us make it happen?

Pray!

This is no small thing. Pray that the Lord of the church would provide workers. Pray for our WELS Home Missions leaders, our home missionaries, and our worker training schools as they recruit and train future missionaries. Pray that the Lord provides us with the financial support needed to do the work.

Get Involved!

If you see nearby mission opportunities, talk with your district mission board to see what you or your congregation might do to get involved in this synod wide church planting effort. Encourage young men and women in your church to consider full-time ministry. Ask your pastor to keep our synod’s work in your congregational prayers and provide updates on a regular basis using resources provided.

Give!

You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. He was rich, yet he became poor so that through his poverty we might become rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). God’s generosity has resulted in the riches of forgiveness, peace, joy, and hope. Let that move you to give generously to your local congregation, to your synod through your church, and to this initiative.