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Opening Worship

The Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute held its Fall Opening Worship on Sep 3, 2008 in the facilities of San Pablo Lutheran Church in El Paso, Texas. The Reverands Karl Heimer and Richard Schlak led the service and President Randall Golter of the Rocky Mountain District delivered the sermon. The Opening Worship coincides with the beginning of Session one during which two classes will be taught. Please see the right column for details.

Donation Page Online!

The ability to give by Credit Card Online is now active. Using PayPal to facilitate the process, you can use Visa, Discover, MasterCard and American Express as well as your checking and savings accounts. You may also use your own PayPal account if you have one.

The LHMI has also established a brokerage account for those who wish to give gifts through stock transfers or other financial instruments. Please call for more information. Thanks

Mission Partners

The Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute began classes in January of 2008 as a joint initiative between the Rocky Mountain District and LCMS World Mission. These two entities provided start-up funds in 2007, and are committed to fund about 30% of the projected expenses for the next several years. We are also looking for others who share this vision and would like to partner with us. How about you? Please contact us to see how we can work together to multiply Spanish language ministries!

(915) 790-2300

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Welcome

In June, 2006, Gerald Kieschnick, LCMS President, appointed a Blue Ribbon Task Force to determine the best methodologies to use aggressively in mission with Hispanics. The report noted that at that time there were approximately 44.7 million Hispanics in the United States, roughly 15% of the US population.

The task force also observed that the LCMS had 73 Hispanic congregations and 70 mission congregations working alongside Anglo churches. The LCMS was serving 10,000 Spanish speaking people, less than 1% of LCMS total membership and less than .023% of the Hispanic population.

As with the German immigrants of earlier times, we need to reach out to these new immigrants in their language of origin. What an opportunity to share the salvation we have in Jesus Christ! Yet as always, the harvest is ripe but the laborers are few - and the resources are limited. The Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute commits to help multiply Lutheran word and sacrament ministries among Hispanics by training Spanish-speaking church leaders and facilitating their placement.

 

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