# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2016_S124
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OFFICER, BOARD, AND COMMISSION REPORTS

• Renovations of JEM Seminary Buildings, Lutheran Church in
Nigeria: $120,000
• Redeeming Life Maternity Home, Sanford, Florida: $100,000
• Hope and Healing to the Navajo People, Lutheran Indian Ministries:
$75,000
• Refugee Camp Outreach in Lebanon, Lutheran Hour Ministries:
$72,000
• Healthy Families, Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska: $60,000
• LCMS Global Seminary Initiative, LCMS Seminaries: $100,000
• Training Teachers and Leaders, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis:
$100,000
• Women of the Pearl/Lutheran Seminary Completion Uganda:
$100,000
• Lutheran Bible Translators in Botswana, Ethiopia, and Angola/
Namibia: $50,000
• International student scholarships, St. Paul High School, Concordia,
Missouri: $32,500
• Apple of His Eye indigenous leader training in Israel: $100,000
• LCMS National Housing Support Corporation, 10 home projects:
$100,000
• LCMS Partner Churches deaconess training: $90,000
• Lutheran Young Adult Corps: $25,000
• Providing Hope for Detroit Acts 2 Enterprise: $100,000
• Rosa Young Academies, LCMS Black Ministry: $25,000
LWML women continue to actively bring mission awareness to
their congregations along with their acts of service. Bible studies and
devotions produced through the LWML include daily email devotions,
DVD Bible studies (two new ones are in production), yearly prayer
services, and special services to recognize and promote the work of
the organization on LWML Sunday.
The LWML has a long history of supporting both monetarily and
through prayer and gifts our church workers, seminarians, and pastors.
Our grants, both national and district, support seminary and deaconess programs in our partner churches as well.
Our women also are urged to be out in their communities engaging with the local population, giving them opportunities to witness
about Christ while serving His people.
Our special outreach ministries to engage with multicultural
women, young women, teens, and church workers continue to bring
these special women into participation and leadership roles in our
organization.
We continue our media expansion through our website, Facebook
and Twitter conversations, Pinterest, and eNews mailings. Our participation in “Giving Tuesday” following Thanksgiving revealed
an active Internet following. Our publication, Lutheran Woman’s
Quarterly, published quarterly, is the highest-circulated women’s
magazine in the LCMS.
Our 2017 convention will be in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
on June 22–15, 2017. We look forward to supporting our fellow Lutherans in the Utah-Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Rocky
Mountain LWML districts with our attendance at this our 75th anniversary celebration. Special exhibits and entertainment will celebrate
God’s faithfulness and blessings to the LWML for 75 years. We will
meet under the theme “Jesus Christ above All” with our Scripture
from Philippians 2:9. We invite everyone to join in this celebration.
Supporting our church, built upon the Rock, and rejoicing in the
opportunity given to repent and confess directly to our God because
of what Jesus did, we rejoice with the Church as we “Serve the Lord
with Gladness” in LWML.
Patti Ross, President
2016 Convention Workbook

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International Lutheran Laymen’s League
(Lutheran Hour Ministries)

Introduction:
The International Lutheran Laymen’s League (Int’l LLL) serves
as one of the two grassroots auxiliaries of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod (LCMS) as well as an auxiliary of Lutheran
Church—Canada (LCC) by focusing its energies on a mission of
Bringing Christ to the Nations—and the Nations to the Church.
Because of God’s great blessings and the success He granted through
The Lutheran Hour® radio program, in 1992 the Int’l LLL captured the essence of its ministry by adopting the title Lutheran Hour
Ministries (LHM) to better describe its outreach ministries. Thus, the
International Lutheran Laymen’s League is the corporate name under
which the organization does business; Lutheran Hour Ministries is
the public identity under which it conducts worldwide Gospel outreach on a daily basis.
LHM is a trusted expert in mass media proclamation with a global
network of partners. The ministry works in many areas where other
organizations are not present and uses local missionaries who know
the language and culture. For nearly 100 years, God has used LHM to
bring the changeless Christ to a changing world. While the communication methods may have shifted, the message of sharing the Good
News has remained the same.
LHM has identified two areas of emphasis for its ministry efforts
that currently reach into more than 50 countries on six continents:
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Gospel Proclamation: Proclaim the message of Christ in a way that
generates an opportunity for people to respond, encourage people to
ask questions or for resources, and/or request more information. The
ultimate goal is to connect people to the church.
Equipping the Church for Evangelistic Activity: Build and
strengthen relationships with all constituent groups, including the
existing church to create a new identity where sharing the message of
Christ in our communities is a major part of who we are.

God’s Blessings upon Lutheran Hour Ministries’ Outreach in the Past
Triennium:

LHM’s significant activities accomplished since our 2013 convention report include:
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Expanded ministry around the world with new centers opening in
Indonesia, Mongolia, Turkey, and Laos, while also looking at additional opportunities throughout the Middle East in countries such as
Egypt. LHM also established the concept of satellite outreach centers
to extend the evangelistic activity of an established ministry center into
another country or region—and to enhance the outreach of a local missionary or indigenous church in the new location. Satellite operations
are now open in Peru (a satellite of LHM—Panama), the Dominican
Republic (a satellite of LHM—Nicaragua), and Bolivia (a satellite of
LHM—Paraguay). The responsibility of administering the satellite
center remains with the established center, but programs are developed
in conjunction with local mission or ministry partners.
Stepped up holistic ministry efforts to share the Gospel with hurting
people in many countries, including the following:
° Provided assistance to victims of ISIS atrocities, such as Syrian
and Iraqi refugees living in camps throughout Lebanon. During
frequent visits to the camps LHM—Lebanon staff builds oneon-one relationships with the refugee families and large groups