WELS

Posted by rhartman on February 16th, 2008 in Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, LATIN AMERICA, LATTE, Mexico, Puerto Rico

Since 1964, WELS has been working to bring the good news of Jesus’ resurrection to Latin America. Missionaries were first sent to Puerto Rico. During the following decades, mission work spread to more countries south of the U.S. border.
Today, 12 WELS missionaries serve Latin America. In addition to Puerto Rico, they reside in Mexico, the […]

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Posted by missions on February 1st, 2008 in Colombia, LATIN AMERICA

Since 1999, when WELS missionaries were pulled out of Colombia for security reasons, the Colombian national church has continued to thrive.  Before the missionaries evacuated, they concentrated their efforts on training the nationals to do ministry and outreach in Bogotá and Medellín.  Though not fully trained, the leaders were blessed to serve their congregations and […]

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