Final GRATSI class: Acts 1-9 Ongoing education is important for pastors in every country and church body. In WELS, the Grow in Grace team of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary serves pastors with opportunities and encouragement ...
One of the most challenging responsibilities of our WELS Missions administration is to work with a national church body, almost always one that WELS Missions started, to figure out issues like national workers’ support ...
Last month, Professor Brad Wordell had the privilege of teaching the doctrine of conversion in a country in South Asia. "Whenever I visit one of our mission fields, goal #1 is 'Do no harm ...
From April 18–20, Grow in Grace, the institute for pastoral growth at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, hosted over 200 people for the seventh annual Celebration of Ministry retreats. Held at the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Tex., ...
In February, Pastoral Studies Institute (PSI) team members World Mission Seminary Professor Rev. Bradley Wordell and International Recruitment Director Rev. Jon Bare joined Rev. Robb Raasch, the chairman of the Asia Pacific Rim Administrative ...
I am writing this brief report from Siberia. Knock me over with a feather. I am in Siberia. First of all, it’s not quite as cold as you might imagine. On the other hand, no ...
“On the road again. I just can’t wait to be on the road again.” Perhaps you sang the words as you read them. Our PSI Team is often on the road—domestically and internationally. Currently, my ...
In June, PSI graduate Nixon Vivar was installed and ordained at Christ, Milwaukee. Professor E. Allen Sorum shares, “This was such a happy celebration after Nixon's 15-year journey to become a WELS pastor. Personally speaking, ...
The conditions were right for this family photo. The late afternoon sun lit up the trees to provide a natural backdrop. Rev. Kamwata and his wife and three daughters gladly posed for this amateur cell ...
Nixon Gregorio Vivar Gomez will graduate this May from the Pastoral Studies Institute. Nixon qualifies for the status of “non-traditional” student for the pastoral ministry on multiple levels. Most obviously, as an immigrant from Ecuador ...
