The 2025 Statistical Summary & Analysis does not tell a simple story,” says Jonathan Hein, director of WELS Congregational ...

The work of WELS Home Missions has always involved balancing aggressive efforts to plant new churches and reach the lost with ...

In the fall 2026 video update, Melanie Giddings, WELS Lutheran Schools curriculum coordinator, shares progress on the ...

Luther Preparatory School in Watertown, Wis., is investing in building a new music center. Matt Crass, president, describes ...

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. . . . For the one in ...

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way… Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief ...

To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds…The king talked with them, and he ...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Have you ever had to follow a rule you didn’t like? Maybe you thought, “Why should I listen?” Paul wrote this letter while living ...

There is something special about those moments around the dinner table. Our bodies are nourished by the food we eat. Our relationships are strengthened by the laughs and tears we share. Conversations ...

I’m Cindy Lendt, and I recently began serving as women’s ministry coordinator for the Asia-Oceania Team. In the middle of August, I arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to begin this new work. I’m so ...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Imagine walking into school and hearing, “You can’t use your name anymore. We’ve picked a new one for you!” How would you feel?

Then [Jesus] said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.’ A question I sometimes ask people is “What belongs to God?” After asking that question—and enjoying the ...