Mission Partners offer support to a partner ELCA ministry. That support takes many forms, including prayer, volunteer services, "in kind" gifts, and financial gifts. Through such gifts a Mission Partner contributes to the effective proclamation of the Gospel (in both word and deeds).

Financial needs as well as prayer and service needs are listed.

To become a Mission Partner to one of these ministries, contact Mission Partners.
To learn more about Mission Partners, visit here.

 . . . on this rock I will build my church . . .
(Matthew 16:18)

Starting New Congregations in the United States
New congregations are started in areas of the country that are growing rapidly, where the ethnicity of the community has changed, and in "pioneer" communities where the Lutheran church has not traditionally been prominent. Your financial support of this important ministry will go towards the $175,000 needed over three years to provide the mission developer’s compensation package. Please consider being an important part of the building of a new congregation. 

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To view the new congregations currently under development, click here.

Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands to God in heaven
(Lamentations 3:41)

Lutheran Deaf Congregations
More than 95% of the deaf community is unchurched. Therefore, the 12 ELCA congregations for people who have been deaf since birth or an early age seek to prepare its current membership to witness so that they may reach those who do not yet know the saving love of God through Jesus Christ. Your support can help break the barriers of silence, bringing the Word into more lives.

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To read the 2001 Churchwide Assembly Action on Deaf Ministry, click here.

. . . He rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a calm . . .
(Matthew 8:26)

Lutheran Association for Maritime Ministry (LAMM)
LAMM seeks to facilitate Lutheran participation in ecumenical and holistic ministries of witness and service among the people of the sea and to promote support for such ministry among all Lutheran congregations and church bodies.
Needs such as international phone cards, Seafarers Bible Correspondence Course, sponsorship of an on-board worship service, or immersion training for a lay or ordained recruit to maritime ministry are all needed. Please considering being part of this unique ministry.

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To visit LAMM's Web site, click here.

. . . they kindled a fire and welcomed all of us around it . . .
(Acts 28:2)

Seward Peninsula Lutheran Ministry Endowment
This ministry was created to provide long-term support for the ELCA Alaska Native (Eskimo) congregations in Alaska. These Christians maintain skills and disciplines brought forth from antiquity, but also struggle with modern society's most challenging problems. They exhibit a strong faith and express a great love for the church and one another. Living a "subsistence" lifestyle with few paid jobs, they are only able to support their congregations to a limited extent.

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For more information on the Seward Peninsula Lutheran Ministry, click here.

The field of the poor . . . is swept away through injustice
(Proverbs 13:23)

Our Saviour Lutheran Church - Rocky Boy
The 2,500 Chippewa and Cree Indians who live on the reservation maintain a strong heritage, but unemployment on Rocky Boy Indian Reservation in Box Elder, Montana, stands at 60-70%. Needs of this community are great; gifts of any size are greatly appreciated.

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