The January edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we see highlights of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, a demographic study by the Commission on Congregational Counseling, and major growth throughout Home Missions.
December 2017 WELS Connection
The December edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we look at how our national church body is bringing the gospel to new communities. WELS Home Mission congregations use their resources creatively to bring the gospel to new corners of the world.
November 2017 WELS Connection
The November edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear about a demographic report that shows the findings and latest membership trends happening in congregations throughout our synod and how the WELS Commission on Congregational Counseling puts forth efforts to respond to these challenges and opportunities
October 2017 WELS Connection
The October edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we learn about how representatives of confessional Lutheran church bodies from around the world gathered in Germany for a conference, and WELS delegates convened for the 64th Biennial WELS Synod convention in Watertown, Wis., to remember the Reformation and consider the future.
September 2017 WELS Connection
The September edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - As school is starting, keep encouraging the young people in your family and in your congregation to consider preparing for the public ministry to work in the Lord’s harvest field.
August 2017 WELS Connection
The August edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we learn how WELS Christian Aid and Relief provides help and support to those in need while sharing the gospel.
July 2017 WELS Connection
The July edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear about how Spring and Fall mission festivals with tailored worship and Bible studies are on-going and provide an opportunity for missionaries returning from the field, to share their experiences of proclaiming the gospel abroad with WELS congregations here.
June 2017 WELS Connection
The June edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear about how WELS Christian Aid and Relief provides help and support to those in need while sharing the gospel.
May 2017 WELS Connection
The May edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we learn about Martin Luther College's new grant program, which makes it easier for congregations to support students going to MLC.
April 2017 WELS Connection
The April edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we see how WELS Ministerial schools are adapting to training men for leadership roles in our world mission fields.
March 2017 WELS Connection
The March edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we get a look inside the Commission on Worship and worship music as we approach the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
February 2017 WELS Connection
The February edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear the story of a Vietnamese home mission congregation in Idaho and how the Vietnamese members take the saving gospel message with them as they visit their home country.
January 2017 WELS Connection
The January edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear about all the different ways God blessed us and our church body in 2016.
December WELS Connection
The December edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear about how the WELS and Northwestern Publishing House are planning and developing resources to commemorate the upcoming 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. Find out what’s coming in 2017.
November WELS Connection
The November edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear about how as there are currently more pastoral vacancies than there are pastors to fill them, it is ever more important to encourage the young men in your congregation to prayerfully consider the ministry.
October WELS Connection
The October edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear how the WELS Commission on Lutheran Schools has implemented new leadership programs to train principals, early childhood directors, and other leadership positions within our WELS schools.
September WELS Connection
The September edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear about how the WELS Joint Mission Council sees growing opportunity to share the gospel with different cultures, utilizing the Cross-cultural Toolkit in both domestic and international settings
August WELS Connection
The July edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear about how WELS Home Missions projects grow and develop through support of the WELS Church Extension Fund, Inc.
July WELS Connection
The July edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, we hear about how in many urban centers, there’s often no one around to tell the little ones about Jesus. Churches have closed, families are broken. That’s why it’s so important to prepare our church workers to reach out to this community in need. With that in mind, Martin Luther College is expanding its urban ministry program.
June WELS Connection
The June edition of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Connection highlighting news from our national church body - This month, the video talks about how Mexico’s access to internet and smartphones is skyrocketing and opening new opportunities for web-based mission work.