Since the last edition of "Together," the last of the 12 district conventions concluded. At each one, three areas of discussion and decisions were the direct result of resolutions passed at the 2009 synod convention.
This month WELS President Rev. Mark Schroeder will be taking his first trip to a world mission field. He and Rev. Phil Koelpin, chairman of the Board for World Missions, will be traveling to India...
Rev. Harold Hagedorn, in a letter to the Board for Home Missions (BHM) July 1, announced his intent to retire from his position as administrator in advance of the board's next meeting September 24...
On July 1, Rev. Earle Treptow assumed his new role as the Nebraska District president. Treptow was elected at the district convention on June 15. Rev. Joel Frank, Nebraska District president for the...
Rev. Terry Schultz, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) missionary to Peru, is set to begin a new joint call with WELS beginning Mar. 1, 2011. Beginning then, Schultz and his wife, Mary, will be...
More than 800 people attended the 47th annual convention of the Lutheran Women's Missionary Society (LWMS) in St. Louis, Mo., on June 24-27. "One can't help but get excited about mission work after...
WELS Kingdom Workers (WKW) of Milwaukee, Wis., has begun its search for a new national executive director to replace Mr. David C. Timm, who is retiring effective Oct. 31, 2010, after leading WKW for...
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