![(L-R) The Rev. Peter M. Burfeind and the Rev. Adam DeGroot worship during a Service of Sending for them at the International Center chapel of The Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Kirkwood, Mo. LCMS Communications/Frank Kohn](https://reporter.lcms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/011216-eml-fk-natl-missionary-send-003-1024x684.jpg)
The Rev. Peter Burfeind and the Rev. Adam DeGroot were blessed and sent out as the first two “Mission Field: USA” national missionaries during a service on Jan. 12, 2016, at the LCMS International Center in Kirkwood, Mo.
“Mission Field: USA” is the LCMS Office of National Mission’s (ONM) new church-planting initiative. It seeks to support congregations, circuits and districts as they plant new Lutheran churches.
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