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Learn about the many blessings for WELS in 2012, from growth in Early Childhood Education to a meeting of our African sister synods to the annual LWMS convention.

Mark Vance, Christian Aid and Relief director of operations, highlights the humanitarian and relief aid administered after Hurricane Ernesto's damage in Mahahaul, Mexico.

See a review of all the ways WELS has been blessed in 2012 in the December WELS Connection.

Interviews with Mrs. Chikwatu, wife of the Dean of Students at the Lutheran Bible Institute (LBI) and Mrs. Mwakatika, wife of one of the LBI Professors as they describe their supporting role for the Lutheran Church of Central Africa-Malawi.

Our synod reached a significant milestone this past school year. For the first time, more than 10-thousand children were enrolled in our congregations’ preschools and day cares. The challenge now is to connect their families to the Word through the nearly 400 congregations operating these ministries. Individual churches, and the synod as a whole, are taking steps to do just that.

Going door-to-door is a vital part of the outreach strategy of many congregations—especially when you’re a new mission looking to establish yourself in the community. For years, our ministerial education schools have partnered with our home missions and the volunteer organization WELS Kingdom Workers to get the work done. It’s work that pays eternal dividends.

Building bridges to the gospel is a phrase often used to describe our synod’s mission work around the world. Much like Jesus used a woman’s need for water to start a discussion about spiritual matters—so we often use medical care and other humanitarian aid to open the door for outreach.

A look at how Home Missions partners with Church Extension Fund to build worship facilities for mission congregations.