Who we are: Loved and Sent
While modern Americans are frantic for true identity and purpose, our church body (The LCMS) has fewer contact points with a world desperate for what we have. Fewer members, congregations, pastors and church workers, Concordia Universities . . .
Such moments are precisely when the Lord of the Church arises. We are the Beloved in Christ (1 John 4:10). We are the people of God sent in His Name (John 20:21). Those who are loved and sent possess a compelling confidence in the face of severe sacrifice.
What we’re about: Who’s Next?
As a coalition of Lutheran Christians (LCMS), we are compelled by the greatness of the gospel and the severity of the mission. Through trust and unity, we commit to sacrificial sending for the sake of “who’s next.”
Scripture speaks in generations, not momentary fads. So we ask, “Who’s next?”
New generations.
New people groups.
Young Leaders.
Future church workers.
What we see: We imagine a future where . . .
The LCMS is the youngest church body in America.
The LCMS is the most ethnically diverse church body in America.
The LCMS has an abundance of workers with the capacity to send to new places.
The LCMS is starting new ministries in places the church has not gone before.
The LCMS is a reforming movement in American Christianity, influencing a rediscovery of the gospel.
Our heritage is a clarity of the gospel that crosses generations, nations, and languages.
We are hopeful in our assertion that the power of the gospel does mighty things (Rom. 1:16).
Pray
A unified plan for earnest prayer.
Sacrifice
Give selflessly for a multi-congregational effort to seek, “Who’s Next?”
We will give in the following ways:
- Identifying a young or new leader in your ministry or community.
- Intentional investment and discipleship in that new leader.
- Funding and support for a broader leader initiative.
- Time and energy.
- Willingness to send a young leader to another context.
- Willingness to send a leader on a route to professional ministry.
- Building, logistics, other resources.
- Expertise (consulting, event planning, business, education, finance)
Gather
Loved+Sent Summit
September 17-19, 2025
St. Louis
Theme: Who’s Next?
Read how these two words came to be, how they impact our lives, and what we are called to do because of them.