Together in Mission

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod • Mission Advancement

A Network of Congregations Committed to Funding Our Missionaries

Together In Mission invites congregations, groups and organizations to partner with LCMS missionaries serving around the world. By partnering with missionaries in their global ministry each LCMS member has the opportunity to journey with them and share God’s Word with all the nations.

You have the opportunity to pray for missionaries, encourage them through communication, send a short-term team to work alongside them and help financially support your missionary. Your gifts help sustain your missionary’s ministry and covers costs such as airfare, visas, insurance, travel, housing and living expenses.

A Together In Mission commitment, in the form of an annual pledge of support fulfilled as the Lord allows, sustains a strong partnership with our missionaries for reaching the whole world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

For more information on Together In Mission, download the program’s informational brochure.

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What are the next steps to partner with a missionary?

Contact Julie Loehring in Mission Advancement to receive a complete packet of information for how your congregation can join.

Please provide your congregation name and mailing address as well as a contact person’s name, phone number and email address.

Julie Loehring
888-843-5267 or 314-996-1651
Julie.Loehring@lcms.org

Share the information you receive with your congregational leaders and pastor for action at your congregation’s next voters meeting.
Commit to support of a missionary through offerings above and beyond your continuing contributions for the operational budget, district and Synod.
Invite neighboring congregations to share the responsibility of supporting a missionary if yours cannot do it alone.

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The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Inc., including Mission Central (in Mapleton, Iowa), is an IRS registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity.

A contribution designated (restricted) for a specific purpose, when accepted, will be used only to fund expenses related to that purpose. Occasionally, we may receive more in contributions for a particular purpose than can be wisely applied to it in the foreseeable future or the purpose may cease to be feasible. In these situations, the LCMS will make reasonable attempts to contact contributors to apply their contribution toward another aspect of ministry that aligns closely the contributor’s goals and values. If a contributor cannot be contacted, the LCMS will use the gift to meet a similar pressing need that most closely matches the contributor's original intent.

Consistent with Synod Board policy and in recognition of a more challenging economic and philanthropic/fundraising environment due to inflationary pressure, not more than 13.5 percent of any charitable contribution will be allocated to administering gifts and communicating with contributors. Contributions received and accepted by the LCMS are deemed to be in agreement with this statement.

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