LMWL Grant Supports LHM’s Work in Mongolia
New Digital Research Kits!
by CHAD FIX
(l-r) LHM Vice President of Global Ministries Rev. Dr. Tony Cook; LHM Senior Vice President/Chief Strategy Officer Jeff Craig-Meyer; LWML President Debbie Larson; LHM Grants Manager Lois Engfehr; LWML Vice President of Christian Life Susan Brunkow; and LWML Senior Pastoral Counselor Rev. Brian Noack. *Photo by Nicole Heerlein
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While public opinions about the Church at large are mixed, feelings toward individual Christians are often much warmer. Redeeming the Church’s broader reputation may need to involve recommitting to its personal presence.
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the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) during a special presentation at the LCMS International Center on March 23. The LWML approved LHM’s Mission “ItSpiritual is a true Thank you for purchasing the Digital Research Kit: Conversations in the Digital Age. Grant titled “Gospel Outreach to Women and Children DISCUSSION GUIDE blessing to come in Mongolia” during its convention lastkitJune OF FAITH This digital research givesin you the opportunity to dig into the research by Lutheran Hour HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS OF FAITH Releasing Christians to Build Lexington, Kentucky. LHM wasand oneBarna of 28 recipients to resources, together in Ministries Group. With these you can share the findings with your team or & Be the Local Church lead your group in conversations about the research and the implications for receive a grant for theorganization 2021-2023and biennium. mission to share your ministry. Mongolia is a country that is less than one percent God’s Word with Christian, and the people there come In this folder,traditionally you will find four resources to use with your team: those who Thank haveyou for purchasing the Digital Research Kit: Households of Faith. from extremely poor nomadic populations where they BETTER TOGETHER A digital ofBETTER theThis monograph, Spiritualnot Conversations in the Digital Age (can shared have little opportunity to· hear the copy Gospel. grantTOGETHER digital research kitbe gives you the opportunity to dig into the research by Lutheran Hour heardThis it.” with up to 10 users) Ministries and Barna Group. With these resources, you can share the findings with your team or will help LHM focus on three areas: A Barna Report Produced in Partnership with Lutheran Hour Ministries
Barna Group undertook this study to learn more about the types of people who are taking initiative in their communities—who gather, donate, serve, create, teach, mobilize and innovate, alongside other passionate neighbors, to meet needs around them. Better Together, the latest report in an ongoing research partnership with Lutheran Hour Ministries, seeks to understand Christians who love their neighborhoods of their own volition, even outside of professional obligation or the formal structure of ministry programs. Join us in learning from—and following the lead of—an exemplary minority of organized, altruistic individuals who have contributed to outward-focused action in their communities. Alongside new research and data visualizations, Better Together includes:
• Profiles of different types of people who participate in volunteer groups and what drives them toward compassion and collaboration • Details about how healthy groups form, communicate and grow • Insights about how churches can step up (or step aside) to empower laity and benefit communities • Interviews with Gabe Lyons, Makoto Fujimura, Becca Stevens and a panel of faith and nonprofit leaders from across the U.S.
This report is intended to help churches understand the impact and inner workings of groups of good neighbors, and to help leaders develop a vision for how these members might complement their ministry goals.
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