Missions
Honduras
Every year a group of Trinity members, along with people from all over the U.S.A., travel to Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras, for an evangelism, medical, and construction mission. This mission group calls itself Starfish Enterprises.
Starfish Enterprises
600 Water Street
Edwardsville, IL 62025
(618) 692-2918
sherrybrakhane@star-fish-enterprises.org
pauldarr@star-fish-enterprises.org
World Gospel Outreach
P.O. Box 14348
Humble, Texas 77347-4348
(281) 548-7222
If you would like more information on these trips or on World Gospel Outreach, please contact them via the telephone numbers or email addresses listed here. You may also visit the World Gospel Outreach website.
These mission trips, Rancho Ebenezer, and the new Bridge House are three strong shining beacons of Christian Hope in the bleak existence of many in Honduras. The entire WGO organization is funded through donations. If you are moved to assist this real and true Christian effort, I urge you to contact WGO or Starfish Enterprises.
We will send you a WGO brochure and a pledge form to assist you in beginning a relationship between yourself, Christ and the people of Honduras. Who knows, maybe next year, you will be walking down the steps from the plane, looking forward to your appointment with Jesus in Tegucigalpa, Honduras with a group of missionaries. I hope so, as you will be surprised by how much God has to teach you, if you watch, listen and pray.
Visit the Trinity Honduras Mission online.
Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML)
- The Lutheran Women's Missionary League is the official women's auxiliary of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS).
- It has as its "mission heart" thousands of volunteers who are daily dedicating their lives to making a difference in this world.
- It is also Lutheran Women in Mission, the dba ("doing business as") name adopted by the Board of Directors in January 1998.
- It is women who are finding avenues to use their God-given talents as they meet the challenges to share the Gospel message.
- It is composed of individual women and women's groups within congregations of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, on campuses, in resident homes, or in other settings.
- Individual membership is available to women in LCMS congregations with or without a society affiliated with the LWML. Women may have an interest in the mission and ministry of the LWML – and wish to be a part of the organization; but cannot for a variety of reasons belong to a local group.
- The LWML seeks to develop and maintain a greater mission consciousness among women of the LCMS through education, inspiration, and service.
- A major emphasis is the support of mission and ministry throughout the world by means of mite box offerings. These mite box offerings have funded tens of millions of dollars in mission grants since the organization's inception in 1942.
Visit Lutheran Women's Missionary League online.
Unity School – East St. Louis, Illinois
Unity Lutheran Christian Elementary School is a mission project of the Southern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. Our doors opened for the very first day of classes on August 19, 2003. On that day, three students were in attendance for our first two classes.
Since then, God has blessed our school in many amazing ways:
- We have added six more classes, up to Grade Six for the 2009-10 school year, and the enrollment last year was 88 students.
- Eight highly qualified, mission-minded educators have joined our staff.
- The parents of our students have caught the vision of our school and are excited and involved.
- Hundreds of mission-minded Christians from across the United States have shown their support through our Belong To Jesus Scholarship Fund.
- The congregations and schools of the Southern Illinois District have provided continual support and encouragement.
In the midst of these exciting developments, the mission to our students remains the focus of our efforts. God's desire for our school is that we teach the children about the love of God expressed in the life, death, and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ!
Visit Unity School online.
South Africa
Contact Information:
Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
P.O. Box 117
1851 Meadowlands-Soweto
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: 27-11-988-8227
Fax: 27-11-989-0762
E-mail: tswaedi@gmail.com
Profile:
Parishes: 51
Congregations: 204
Baptized Members: 20,000
Communicant Members: 10,000
Active Pastors: 36
Bishop:
Rev. Dr. David P. Tswaedi
History:
In 1967 the Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (LCSA) became an autonomous church. The LCSA originated from the Mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Free Churches (MELFC) in Germany (formerly known as the Hanoverian Evangelical Lutheran Free Church Mission) which was founded in 1892 and is now known as the Lutherische Kirchenmission (LKM). Therefore, the LCSA has close connections with the LKM (Bleckmar Mission) and with the Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa (FELSISA). Since 1980, the LCSA has also worked together with The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, which resulted in a partnership agreement between these churches. As partner church the LCSA receives assistance in the fields of theological education and finances. It is a member of the International Lutheran Council (ILC).
The LCSA does mission work through its congregations and pastors in South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland. At the present, the LCSA is also involved in the translation of the Bible into the Kalanga language.
The LCSA has its own seminary at Enhlanhleni (KwaZulu Natal) where future pastors are trained. Training of catechists at the Catechist School in Kanye, Botswana, is planned. It also developes CLTP (Commission for Lay Training Program) programs to train laypeople to help in church and mission work.
Visit International Lutheran Council – South Africa online.
LCMS World Relief and Human Care
Earliest records show the General Relief Board was established in 1905 and expended its first disaster response funding in 1907. The board primarily assisted professors in LCMS colleges, Synodical employees, pastors, and teachers. It also provided help for disaster survivors and destitute persons worldwide. Under different names, the board played major roles in relief and recovery efforts following both World Wars. After 1953, as the Board for World Relief, the agency focused its efforts on disaster response and long-term self-help programs.
Today, LCMS World Relief and Human Care is a vibrant ministry of hope, sharing Christ’s mercy with people in need worldwide. The agency enhanced relationships with international partners in recent years, and continues to award grants to domestic and international partners for projects that benefit communities in need.
In 2005, LCMS WR-HC coordinated multi-million dollar responses after the tsunami in Asia and hurricanes on the Gulf Coast. During the past three years, over $25 million was awarded through more than 650 U.S. and international grants.
Visit The LCMS World Relief and Human Care Website.
