As the SAS team plans for the coming year, it has developed three major areas of emphasis.
International News
From the mission field: Building community in Puerto Rico
Late last year, a short-term volunteer team traveled to Puerto Rico to assist with a building project in Mayaguez.
‘More than just the building’: Restoring a church in Panama
Due to a series of catastrophic events, the sanctuary of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Balboa, Panama, had become unusable.
‘The righteous shall live by faith’: Planting a Lutheran church in Rome
As interest in Lutheran teaching has increased in Italy, the LCMS has sought to respond.
Saving souls: Christ’s work, not ours
If a year from now we discovered that all our supposed best practices were completely wrong, it would not change the number of God’s elect by a single one.
Wildfires in Chile: LCMS offers aid and Gospel comfort
The February wildfires are the worst natural disaster to strike Chile since the 2010 earthquake and tsunami.
Sunday morning in Shinyanga
Ebenezer Cathedral is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania—South East of Lake Victoria Diocese.
LCMS, ELS, WELS hold annual informal meeting
Representatives of the three church bodies met in Florida in December.
Winter ‘Engage’: God equips His people
The issue highlights a few of the ways that God is calling His people to serve in unique contexts — both in the U.S. and around the world.
From the mission field: Helping Chinese speakers in Singapore
The Rev. Dr. Michael Paul was invited by the Lutheran Church in Singapore to teach the new Chinese translation of Lutheranism 101.
From the mission field: Sharing the pure Gospel in Japan
The Rev. Dr. Hiroaki Yoshimura was ordained into the Office of the Holy Ministry on Sept. 3.
‘To the ends of the earth’: Pastors needed in Asia
The Rev. Dr. James A. Baneck, executive director of the LCMS Office of Pastoral Education, recently visited Singapore, Vietnam and Taiwan.
Youth Ministry unveils 2025 Gathering theme
The 2025 Youth Gathering is set for July 19–23, 2025, in New Orleans.
Bible camp curriculum shares Jesus abroad and at home
The curriculum, titled “Jesus Frees Us,” uses Old Testament stories to show how Jesus frees His people and how they can respond in love.
