| Today, as the ethnic diversity of the United States increases, so does the diversity of mission outreach to these different cultures. The Lutheran--Church Missouri Synod declared the United States to be a "world mission field" in 1992 at its Synod convention. In 1998, the Synod adopted Pentecost 2000 as a special initiative to start 1,000 new cross-cultural ministries in the United States by the year 2000. Since in 2001, that goal was still not met, the Synod convention again voted to extend the mission effort as Pentecost 2000+ until 2004, at which time the goal had been exceeded. A registry of these ministries may still be viewed at www.pentecost2000.org.
LCMS World Mission efforts in the United States continue to build on the foundation laid by Pentecost 2000 in partnership with LCMS districts, congregations, and mission societies. Under the global Lutheran mission movement, called Ablaze!, the LCMS in its 2004 convention voted to share the Gospel with 50 million unreached or uncommitted people in the United States as part of the 100 million global effort. In addition, goals include planting 2,000 new congregtions by 2017 and training thousands of new workers and laity to address the mission efforts required in the United States. Work will be focused in the most strategic areas that can be identified. In addition, LCMS world Mission has set a goal for revitalizing 2,000 LCMS congregations.
National mission efforts are extensive and diverse, not only among caucasion people, but among ethnic and various immigrant groups, and special needs groups, such as the Deaf and Blind. LCMS World Mission also gives leadership to seminary programs to train missionaries for church-planting among these groups in the United States and to congregations that desire to grow in their missional approach to their communities by offering resources, seminars, and other kinds of training. |
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