ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Amazing Grace Virtual Academy (AGVA) provides a fully online Christian high school education option for students not able to attend a traditional WELS/ELS high school and provides elective courses that students at other high schools can use to supplement their education. AGVA welcomes qualified student applications from all Christian denominations.

Camp Whitewater is a WELS children's camp that serves to glorify God by studying his saving Word and enjoying his creation!

New adventures, new opportunities—college is an exciting time to grow and explore! As you navigate this new chapter, don’t leave your faith behind. WELS Campus Ministry helps connect college students with local congregations and campus pastors who offer spiritual support, community, and encouragement. The WELS Campus Ministry Committee provides over 50 campus ministries with financial support and assists hundreds of other congregations in their campus ministry outreach. WELS Campus Ministry can help you stay rooted in your faith and share it with others. Get connected on campus today!

We offer the following services and programs:

Christian Outpatient Counseling

Member Assistance Program

Intensive Outpatient and Day Treatment Programs

Christian Life Resources counsels clergy, teachers, doctors, lawyers, moms, and dads on a wide range of life- and family-related topics. It is a resource center of materials and services on these issues.

Most importantly, the national office educates others on the perspective of God’s Word as it relates to these issues.

Through its official publication, Clearly Caring, email services, annual national convention, presentations, and articles, we seek to answer the question, “What would God have me to do?” based on the direction found in God’s Word.

Conquerors through Christ exists to help people Resist — Reject — Recover from porn use or addiction.

FLOURISH! is an annual women's retreat is hosted by St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in Lewiston, MN.

Forward in Christ (FIC) is the official magazine of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Published monthly in both print and digital formats, FIC brings Lutherans together through shared stories of faith and articles that address important issues facing Christians today. FIC also provides an in-depth look at important biblical truths while striving to inspire its readers to live lives of Christian service. As WELS’ official magazine, FIC shares news from its congregations, schools, ministry affiliates, and synodical areas of ministry.

Freedom for the Captives seeks to empower the Christian community to respond with excellence to the sin of child abuse. To this end, we provide resources to pastors, teachers, and lay Christians that will deepen their understanding of child abuse and improve the Christian response to the physical, emotional and spiritual impact of maltreatment. We also have resources for survivors including recommended readings and guidance in selecting counseling or other services. In addition to the resources on our website, we also offer direct assistance to individual survivors who may have a spiritual question not addressed on our website or who need assistance in finding a counselor.

Gospel Hands is an online religious sign language video dictionary for the deaf and interpreters to share effectively share His gospel. This process has been a 3 year project developed by the Mission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MDHH) committee of the Wisconsin Lutheran Evangelical Synod.  We have updated our formerly printed dictionary, “Sign to the Lord a new song” to an online dictionary with videos that are more effectively understood and shared. Gospel Hands will grow to include many of the Creed and common prayers used in Christian services.

Everywhere we serve, we address the physical and spiritual concerns of a community. We prioritize building long-term relationships with local communities, working together to implement sustainable solutions. At the same time, we engage the local believers in volunteer service to meet their neighbors’ needs and share the gospel message.

Let the Bird Fly! is a podcast about living freely in a world given back to us. When we see the world for what it is and offers (and what it doesn’t), and when we live baptismally, we are freed to enjoy the things around us and the life of the mind for what it is: a gift!

Wade, Mike, Peter, and Ben, along with their guests, have diverse backgrounds and varied interests, so we plan to cover a lot, from theology to sports, news to philosophy, history to technology, science to, well, maybe even a little politics. We hope you’ll  join the conversation and, with us, let the bird fly.

Luther Preparatory School has a single mission: to prepare and encourage young people to become pastors, teachers or staff ministers in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). That mission is central in everything we do - in the classroom, in daily worship, in the personal guidance given to every student, and in all our extracurricular activities (2 Corinthians 4:5, 7).

Christ through us. That’s more than a theme. It’s a prayer, a purpose, and a plan for the future of our church.

The WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership (WNCLL) returns in January 2026 at a defining moment for our synod. WELS is standing at a crossroads. What we do in the next ten years will determine whether we step boldly into a season of revitalization or continue on a path of slow decline.

This is not just another event. This is the gathering place for those who know that in our broken world and fragmented communities, gospel ministry matters now more than ever. It’s where inspiration meets implementation. Where a long-range vision becomes real-world action.

LWMS is women dedicated to serving Jesus by increasing awareness of, interest in, and support of the mission outreach of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).

made. known. is a website dedicated to “Walking with you in faith through identity, gender, and sexuality.” We do so by providing a constantly growing library of written resources, as well as dedicated support through speaking engagements and personal connections.

The mission of Martin Luther College is to train men and women to meet the public ministry needs of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and to proclaim the Word of God faithfully and in accord with the Lutheran Confessions in the Book of Concord. To fulfill this mission, Martin Luther College carries out all instruction and programs of student life according to the gospel as revealed in the inspired and inerrant Word of God.

Men of His Word equips Christian men to take a leadership role within their family, within their congregation, and in their community. Conferences are held in Oshkosh, WI; Milwaukee, WI; Rochester, MN; and Phoenix, AZ.

The mission of Northwestern Publishing House is to deliver biblically sound, Christ-centered resources within the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and beyond. As the publisher for and subsidiary of the WELS, NPH has been a 501(c)(3) organization since 1966. This means that NPH is recognized as a non-profit and tax-exempt organization by the Internal Revenue Service.

We have fulfilled our mission for over 130 years. While publishing is much different today than when we first began, our ministry of serving others with the good news of salvation remains. God has blessed NPH with dedicated and gifted servants who daily carry out his work. We are deeply thankful for the people who have been instrumental in our ministry in years past and who play a role today.

To God be the glory!

SCLA is a Christ-centered educational ministry sharing God’s love with all students. We carry this out by pointing students to the truths of God’s word in the Bible, by helping students strengthen their relationship with their Savior Jesus, and by sharing the good news of his love for all with those who do not yet know him as their personal Savior.

The mission of Time of Grace is to point people to what matters most: Jesus. Using a variety of media (television, radio, podcasts, print publications, and digital), Time of Grace teaches tough topics in an approachable and relatable way, accessible in multiple languages, making the Bible clear and understandable for those who need encouragement in their walks of faith and for those who don’t yet know Jesus at all.

WELS Congregational Services exists to serve congregations, schools, and their leaders by providing resources, training, and personal assistance so that they might carry out gospel ministry in the most faithful way on the local level.

The Rally exists to provide youth and youth leaders from across the synod a large-scale worship, education, fellowship, recreation, and service opportunity that deepens commitment to Christ and his church.

The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod exists to give all glory to God by upholding, defending, and proclaiming the truth of the Holy Scriptures as articulated in the Lutheran Confessions, and by providing a means for congregations and their members to extend the reach of their God-given mission of proclaiming the gospel in Word and sacrament through joint mission efforts at home and abroad, the training of called workers, and coordination of gospel applications to encourage spiritually healthy called workers in spiritually healthy congregations and schools.

Wisconsin Lutheran College, affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, is a Lutheran liberal arts college for Christian men and women. The college is committed to providing quality teaching, scholarship, and service that are rooted in Holy Scripture; promoting the spiritual growth of students, faculty, and staff; and preparing students for lives of Christian leadership.