“Remember . . . those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering”
Hebrews 13:3
Our Synod’s contact in Pakistan has informed us that Christians were attacked in Gojra, Pakistan on Saturday, August 1st . Some news outlets in America reported that 6-8 Christians were killed and 40-50 homes were burned by Muslims. [...]

God makes all things possible. Baptists had suggested a feasible approach: tell Bible stories to teach the gospel. Two workshops were devoted to teaching 120 stories from the Old and New Testaments. WELS teachers  demonstrated ways to tell the stories effectively and help the students internalize them. The next three workshops taught Luther’s Catechism featuring [...]

View a slideshow that gives an overview of the work of the Humanitarian Aid Committee.  See the ways in which humanitarian aid is used to build a bridge to the gospel in countries were WELS is doing mission work.

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Free clinics are conducted in various areas of Far and Mid-Western Nepal about every two months with funds provided by the Humanitarian Aid Committee. These clincs serve as a bridge for the spead of the gospel. It should be noted that the Darchula District, where the free clinic was conducted, is in the extreme Northwestern [...]

Harold A. Essmann previously served as missionary to Zambia and part-time worker in Bulgaria. He was a member of the Board for World Missions for 24 years and the Committee for Mission Expansion for 18 years. Pastor Essmann served as contact person with people in Pakistan and Nepal from 2002 to the present and was [...]