LCMS First Vice-President Rev. Dr. Herbert C. Mueller Jr., left, installs the Rev. David Fiala as assistant director of missionary recruitment for the Synod during a Feb. 19 chapel service at the International Center in St. Louis. Fiala previously served as a project coordinator in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Missionary recruitment efforts have nearly doubled the number of career missionaries in the Synod since 2013. (LCMS/Frank Kohn)
