‘Making Disciples for Life’ – Get excited!
"Making Disciples for Life" not only provides better access to existing resources, it also brings people together for identifying and developing new resources.
Witnessing to the nonchurched
LCMS Witness & Outreach Ministry – Webinar: ‘What’s New in Witness & Outreach?’
LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission hosted a free webinar on “Witness & Outreach Resources” on June 13, 2019. The presenter was the Rev. Dr. Mark Wood, director of LCMS Witness & Outreach.
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?
Effective Outreach, Part 4: Effective outreach provides appropriate and appealing entry points into Word and Sacrament ministry
It is up to us to provide ways into the Word and Sacrament ministry of our congregation that ease nonchurched people's fears and keep them from being intimidated.
Effective Outreach, Part 3: Effective outreach fosters relationship-building
If we can learn to intentionally build relationships with nonchurched people, we will be meeting a tremendous need. And we’ll be opening doors to the Gospel for them.
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.
What Is Effective Outreach? (Effective Outreach, Part 1)
Effective outreach is a critical element of a congregation's well-being. What is "effective outreach"?
Six things your congregation can do to get more people involved
We are celebrating the service of volunteers in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Wouldn't it be great to have more volunteers to celebrate? Here are some ideas to get more people involved ... and people more involved.
Every One His Witness — Lutheran Evangelism Program
An initiative of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the Every One His Witness® Lutheran evangelism program puts sound doctrine into practical action for sharing the faith with people in our everyday lives.
Evangelism and the Mirror of the Law: What’s Your Pose?
Speaking the Gospel in love seems good and right to us. But speaking the Law in love seems like a contradiction.
LCMS Witness & Outreach Ministry – Webinar: ‘re:Vitality for Rural and Small Town Congregations’
The Rev. Dr. Terry Chan explores strategies to reach Asian Americans with the Gospel.
LCMS Witness and Outreach Webinar: ‘Ministry with People With Disabilities’
The Rev. Mark Wood, director of LCMS Witness & Outreach Ministry, presented a webinar titled “What Is Revitalization and What Does It Mean for My Church?” on Oct. 13, 2016.
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.”
Effective Outreach: re:Vitality Connect to Disciple
Would you like to learn how to invite, welcome and receive people to your church? The Connect to Disciple workshop, the first module in the re:Vitality program, is designed to help your congregation develop effective outreach.
KFUO Audio: Interview about LCMS ‘Gospel Seeds’ program
The Rev. Dr. Carlos Hernandez, director, Church and Community Engagement with the LCMS Office of National Mission, talks with KFUO Radio’s Andy Bates about the LCMS program “Planting Gospel Seeds while Serving Human Needs.” The program helps congregations develop ways to enable their neighbors to break the cycles of poverty and struggle.