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Sure Foundation, Woodside, N.Y., which reaches out to millions of people in a very ethnically diverse area of New York City, is just one example of the work we are able to do together by God’s grace as a synod that each congregation could not do alone.

This month, hundreds of students head back to the campuses of our four ministerial education schools where steps are being taken to better prepare future called workers for ministry in a multicultural society.

Luis Acosta talks about multi-cultural ministry in WELS.

Long established congregations as well as new ones reap the benefits of sending congregational leaders to schools of outreach. The main reward: realizing that evangelism is everyone's responsibility.

Hong Kong, one of the wealthiest and most crowded cities in the world, is a place where people are learning that success does not equal hope. People are searching for a religious base. This is the environment in which WELS opened Asia Lutheran Seminary.

Like a relay team, our four synodical schools work together to develop pastors, teachers, and leaders.

Christ’s love, Our calling—our new identity communicates who we are, what we stand for, and what motivates us.

Decisions made by the just-completed synod convention.