Presidents message

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Presidents message

• 2007 synod convention expand missions, maintain
  our training system
• Overwhelming response from Gods people
• WELS doing together what we cant individually

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Conference of Presidents funds the mission

• Encourages congregations to commit 10 of
  offerings to synod
• Effort to eliminate WELS capital debt
• Oversees and maintains doctrinal unity

• About the COP
• Twelve members who are pastors
• COP members are the presidents in the synods 12
  districts

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Synodical Council manages the resources

• Manages activities of WELS in pursuit of mission
  laid out by convention
• Exercises faithful stewardship in managing the
  offerings brought forward by Gods people

• About the SC
• Twenty-four lay and called workers
• Meets three times a year

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Ministerial Education trains the workers

• Challenge rising costs
• Revamped recruitment system

• About the Ministerial Education Schools
• Oversee training of next generation of called
  workers
• Three-tiered, four-school system

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Ministerial Education trains the workers

• Michigan Lutheran Seminary
• Luther Preparatory School
• Martin Luther College
• Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary

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Home Missions reaches out domestically

• Helped establish six new churches and place 19
  workers
• Assisting 190 congregations
• Oversees campus ministries serving more than
  8,500
• Vision to invest in 20 new mission starts and 75
  ministry enhancements in next biennium

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World Missions reaches out abroad

• Supports 50 foreign missionaries and efforts in
  23 countries
• Multi-Language Publications
• Outreach in Mozambique
• Aggressive expansion in Africa and Asia

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Parish Services strengthens, equips, and
encourages

• Adult Discipleship
• Parish Schools
• Special Ministries
• Youth Discipleship
• Evangelism
• Worship
• Parish Assistance

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Other areas work in support of ministry

• Ministry of Christian Giving
• Communication Services
• Technology
• Additional Services

Did you know? The WELS Web site, www.wels.net,
had more than 1,000,000 unique visitors in 2008.
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Subsidiaries complement WELS services

• WELS Church Extension Fund
• WELS Investment Funds
• WELS Foundation, Inc.
• Northwestern Publishing House

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Our financial picture
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WELS Mission StatementAs men, women, and
children united in faith and worship by the Word
of God, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
exists to make disciples throughout the world for
time and for eternity, using the gospel in Word
and sacrament to win the lost for Christ and to
nurture believers for lives of Christian service,
all to the glory of God.
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 2929 North
Mayfair Road Milwaukee, WI 53222 414-256-3888,
www.wels.net