Photo gallery: Service of Sending for new national missionaries

The Rev. Peter M. Burfeind, left, and the Rev. Adam DeGroot worship during a Service of Sending for them at the International Center Chapel of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Kirkwood, Mo. (LCMS Communications/Frank Kohn)

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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