The periodic RSO update includes any new LCMS Recognized Service Organizations (RSOs), those whose RSO status has been renewed, those that have withdrawn their applications for RSO status, those whose RSO status has been removed, and those whose status is dissolved because the organization no longer exists.
This update covers July 2024–July 2025. RSO update information is provided by the LCMS Office of Rosters and Statistics and verified by the LCMS Office of National Mission’s RSO Ministry.
New
- Concordia Counseling: A Lutheran Outreach Ministry, Inc. (Seymour, Ind.)
- Central Ohio Lutheran Immigrant Mission Incorporated (Galena, Ohio)
- Immigrant Mission Field Network (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
- John 1334 Ministries DBA La Mesa Ministries (Gilbert, Ariz.)
- Lutheran Scholarship Granting Organization of Ohio, Inc. (Rocky River, Ohio)
- The Providence Place (Grafton, Wis.)
- Lutheran Camp on Petit Jean DBA Camp Trinity (Morrilton, Ark.)
- National Lutheran Outdoors Ministry Association, Inc. (Waterville, Minn.)
- The Lutheran Foundation, Inc. (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
- Bethesda Lutheran Disability Ministries (Whitehall, Wis.)
- Central Illinois Lutheran Camp Association (Cantrall, Ill.)
Renewed
- Phil’s Friends, NFP, Inc. (Wheaton, Ill.)
- Camp Omega, Inc. (Waterville, Minn.)
- Rebecca’s Garden of Hope, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.)
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Home of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota (Sauk Rapids, Minn.)
- Lutheran Church Charities (Northbrook, Ill.)
- Lutheran Development Group, Inc. (St. Louis)
- Philadelphia Lutheran Ministries, Inc. (Philadelphia)
- Lutheran Elementary School Association (St. Louis)
New (School)
None.
Renewed (School)
- Concordia Education Association, Inc. (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
- Lutheran Education Association of Houston (Friendswood, Texas)
- Red River Lutheran School Association DBA Grace Lutheran School (Fargo, N.D.)
- Lutheran High School Association in Mayer, Minnesota (Mayer, Minn.)
Dissolved/Withdrawn/Terminated
- Beautiful Savior Home (Belton, Mo.)
- Celebration Children’s Center, Inc. (Appleton, Wis.)
- Lutheran High School Association of Greater Chicago (Riverside, Ill.)
- Lutheran High School Association of Washington (Seattle)
- Lutheran School Association, Topeka, Kansas (Topeka, Kan.)
- Augsburg Lutheran Home of Maryland, Inc. (Baltimore)
- Biblical Orthodox Lutheran Mission (Littleton, Colo.)
- The Lutheran High School Association of the Greater Salt Lake Area, Inc. (Riverton, Utah)
- Wisconsin Valley Lutheran High School Association (Mosinee, Wis.)
Posted July 30, 2025
