CADDS Info Video (before using CADDS)
Congregational Assessment of Development/Decline Status (CADDS). This video provides a brief overview of CADDS.
CADDS Report Explanation Video (after completing CADDS survey)
Rev. Dr. Mark Wood explains the elements of the single page graphical CADDS report, including the ten factors that are assessed.
re:Vitality Overview Video (more detailed)
This video goes into the details of the re:Vitality suite of resources helpful for congregational leaders making decisions about its use.
LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission: ‘Caring for the Homeless with the Theology of the Cross’
The Biblical Charities Continuing Education, which promotes applied mercy-education in connection with the LCMS, sponsored a roundtable discussion on “Caring for the Homeless with the Theology of the Cross.”
LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘Ministry in the Epicenter of the Coronavirus Pandemic’
Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, the Rev. Dr. E. Johnson Rethinasamy presents a free webinar titled “Ministry in the Epicenter of the Coronavirus Pandemic.”
LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘A Welcoming Church’
Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, former Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) vice-president Kaye Wolff presents a free webinar titled “A Welcoming Church.”
LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘Create Vibrant Multi-Ethnic Ministries’
Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Rev. Eric Linthicum presents a free webinar titled “Create Vibrant Multi-Ethnic Ministries.”
LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘re:Vitality – New Life for Long-Established Ministries’
Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Rev. Dr. Mark Woods presents a free webinar on “re:Vitality — New Life for Long-Established Ministries.”
We have all the volunteers we need
How are we equipping, encouraging, and enabling the people God has given us to serve and volunteer in His mission?
LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission: Caring for the homeless
LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission offers helpful resources to assist in caring for the marginalized, including the homeless and others in need.
Effective Outreach, Part 2: Effective outreach creates connections with nonchurched people
Effective outreach is the “planting and watering” (cf. 1 Corinthians 3:5-9) through which a congregation intentionally engages nonchurched people in ways that … provide the congregation with means of continuing contact with the nonchurched people.
Because you care, we share Christ’s love with our neighbors
Together we will reach the least and the lost in MissionField: USA, and we will bring the Gospel to new people in new places across the country. We are going to tell the Good News and love our neighbor.
LCMS Witness & Outreach Ministry – Webinar: ‘What Is Revitalization and What Does It Mean for My Church’
Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Rev. Dr. Mark Woods presents a free webinar on “re:Vitality — New Life for Long-Established Ministries.”
God’s Mercy in Philadelphia
God is working in Philadelphia, and we thank Him for the opportunity to be His hands and feet to His children there.