LCMS World Relief Partner Organizations

LCMS World Mission

LCMS World Mission is the global Gospel outreach of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod and works to train leaders and plant churches in mission fields overseas. When LCMS mission work can be enhanced by projects that demonstrate the love of God in tangible ways, LCMS World Relief works in partnership with LCMS World Mission.

Lutheran World Relief (LWR)

Lutheran World relief acts on behalf of Lutherans in the United States to support the poor and oppressed of less-developed countries in their efforts to meet basic human needs and to participate with dignity and equity in the life of their communities; and to alleviate human suffering resulting from natural disaster, war, social conflict or poverty. Lutheran World Relief's headquarters is located in Baltimore, Md.

LCMS World Relief and Human Care partnered with Lutheran World Relief and the World Hunger Program of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to co-sponsor Stand With Africa  a three-year campaign to raise awareness among U.S. Lutherans of the challenges Africans face in the areas of health, food security and peace.  The Stand With Africa campaign began in 2001 and concluded in 2004, but LWR projects initiated by Stand With Africa are ongoing.

To visit LWR's web site, click here.

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service is a mult-service and advocacy agency that addresses the needs and rights of uprooted people at local, regional, national and international levels.

Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR)

Lutheran Disaster Response is an inter-Lutheran program in the United States supported by ELCA Domestic Disaster Response and LCMS World Relief funds. LDR is a cooperative ministry through which induviduals, congregations, social ministry organizations, and fraternal and auxiliary organizations work with church leadership to respond with help and hope in times of disaster.

Lutheran Services in America (LSA)

Lutheran Services in America is an alliance of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and their social ministry organizations. LSA is a national network of social service and long term care programs serving people, regardless of race, religion, gender or creed.