About Latin America Missions

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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Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is 110 miles long and 40 miles wide, or slightly smaller than the size of Connecticut. This Caribbean island has several mountain ranges, as well as a number of coastal plains.
WELS began mission work in Puerto Rico in 1964. Today one WELS missionary resides on the island, and helps the Puerto Rican church […]

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