We have all seen numerous examples recently of a seismic shift throughout North America from a Christ-following to a post-Christian culture. More than ever, God is calling His believers to the work of reaching out to those who don’t yet know Him. That is why Lutheran Hour Ministries, from the time of its first radio broadcast of The Lutheran Hour in 1930, has been on the forefront of sharing the Good News of Jesus to a lost and hurting world. And it’s also why Lutheran Hour Ministries wants to join congregations across North America in reaching the unchurched in their communities.
Lutheran Hour Ministries partners with congregations like yours to help put our faith into action. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Lutheran Hour Ministries shares the Gospel message about 1 million times a week in the United States. Around the globe through LHM’s more than 30 international ministry centers, about 350,000 people whose lives were changed by the Holy Spirit responded last year to the ministry’s culturally relevant outreach efforts, ranging from locally produced radio and TV broadcasts to Bible Correspondence Courses and from performing arts ministry to digital outreach and more. Of these 350,000 individuals, more than 54,000 were referred to a local congregation for spiritual growth and nurturing.
These numbers illustrate how Lutheran Hour Ministries is reaching the world with the saving Gospel. So you may be asking … how can we work side-by-side in mission to reach lost souls?
Lutheran Hour Ministries can help your congregation enhance and energize your witness and outreach with resources such as:
• MISSION U, a workshop and webinar-based witness-training system;
• Regional Outreach Conferences, or ROCs, which offer local outreach training held at various locations throughout the country and led by well-known specialists in their ministry fields;
• International Ministry Partnerships, a program providing in-depth
collaboration with LHM’s overseas outreach efforts including short- term mission trips;
• Five14, outreach-focused events for teens;
• Men’s NetWork, a program designed to help men re-connect with the life of the church;
• Operation Barnabas, a program to reach out to members of the
U.S. Armed Forces;
• Spanish-language resources, children’s resources and more.
Please pray for God’s continued blessing on the mission and work of Lutheran Hour Ministries as it reaches out into a world that needs to know Jesus. Please also prayerfully consider giving a gift to Lutheran Hour Ministries in one of the offering envelopePs that are available today. Lutheran Hour Ministries receives no direct support from the budget of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod [or Lutheran Church—Canada] and relies on generous gifts from supporters like you.
Every gift you give today will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000 through a special grant opportunity provided by generous supporters of the ministry.
As you can see, now more than ever, our culture needs rescue…restoration and renewal. And God is calling us as faithful Christians to the task of sharing the Good News of Jesus—His cross, His resurrection, His eternal promise—with those who don’t know Him.
Won't you join Lutheran Hour Ministries in responding to the call?
For more information go to www.lhm.org/lhmsunday