Reaching people in

remote areas of

Alaska is among the

mission opportunities

that abound in the

United States.

Students from

Concordia Seminary,

St. Louis, helped

with vacation Bible

school as part of

their educational

experiences.

World Mission

Sharing the Gospel is `job one' for LCMS World Mission

L

ess than two years after LCMS World Mission started a

new missionary training strategy in East Africa: 143 men

are training to serve as lay missionaries, 136  preaching

stations  have opened, and 2,400 people have been baptized as

new Christians.

The strategy centers around  Mission Training

Centers  mission stations, led by African Lutheran leaders,

that focus on theological training, evangelism and church plant 

ing. The model has seen success in Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan,

and is being considered for several other African countries.

75 

countries 

300 

missionaries 

100 

million unreached people

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Photo: LCMS World Mission