Eastern North Dakota Synod

Discipleship

Stewardship: Synod Missionary Sponsorship

Mission Fields in North Dakota: Sponsor your synod missionaries

Jesus said: “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Missionary support is needed locally! We invite you into conversation and consideration regarding the possibility of providing missionary support to designated missionaries within our synod in addition to the missionary support to our missionaries serving globally.

Our Synod Missionaries

God’s plentiful harvest fields are in faraway lands and within the Eastern North Dakota Synod. Our ELCA missionaries continue to make a world of difference in answering our Lord’s call to go out into God’s harvest field. Our ELCA missionaries, alongside our global neighbors, strengthen medical ministries, preach the good news, equip pastors, help build churches and advocate for the poor. Thanks be to God too for the harvest fields that are right outside our front and back door and for these synod missionaries.

Synod Missionary Sponsorship

A new opportunity is being provided for every congregation in our synod to sponsor a synod missionary in 2012 and beyond. The hope is that every congregation will sponsor a global ELCA missionary and a synod missionary. Missionary sponsors – congregations, women’s groups, organizations, individuals and families can join hands with our missionaries, helping to make the ministries in God’s harvest field possible.

Q: Why sponsor a synod missionary?
A: Sponsors of our ELCA missionaries globally and locally have experienced renewal personally and congregationally as a result of sponsorship. Through daily prayer, frequent communication and the occasional “missionary visit,” there is a sharing of each other’s stories, joys, burdens and gifts.

Q: What does missionary sponsorship pay for?
A: It is only with generous support from congregations, ministry organizations,
and individuals that our synod missionary support covers housing, health insurance, training, compensation to support the missionary and his/her family as they serve full time on our behalf, etc.

Q: How can I be a sponsor?
A: Simply complete the EaND Synod Missionary Sponsorship form (download .pdf file) and return it to the Eastern North Dakota Synod office.

More information:

The booklet below provides the names of our synod missionaries, their harvest fields, and in what ways you can become a sponsor. You can also e-mail keith@eandsynod.org or help@eandsynod.org to receive more information on synod missionaries and their mission field.

Our synod’s New & Renewing Mission Table thanks you for your prayerful consideration.

Download: Synod Missionary Sponsorship Booklet (download .pdf file)

Downloads

Our Synod Missionaries

Larry Thiele
Dacotah O`Yate Lutheran Church, Spirit Lake Nation

Jacob Mayen
Sudanese Lutheran Community, Fargo (external link)

Rev. Adam Copeland
The Project F-M, Fargo/Moorhead (external link)

Pr. Ray Branstiter
Recovery Worship, Fargo (external link)
Four Winds Ministry of the Native American Christian Community, Fargo (external link)

Campus Ministry
Christus Rex at the UND, Grand Forks (external link)
University Lutheran Center at NDSU, Fargo (external link)
Lutheran Campus Ministry at MSU, Minot (external link)

Bible Camps
Red Willow Bible Camp, Binford (external link)
Park River Bible Camp, Park River (external link)

Other Ways to Give:

• Add your synod missionary as a line item to your congregational budget
• Hold a fund raiser with the proceeds to go to your synod missionary of choice
• Invite children and youth in Sunday School and Confirmation to help support your synod missionary
• Invite men's ministry and/or WELCA to help support your synod missionary
• Do a "noisy offering" one Sunday a month during worship when folks can offer pocket change into a cake pan