PARTNERSHIPS

Bethania Kids was founded in 1987 as a Christian ministry to provide a home for nine orphaned children in Kannavadi, Tamil Nadu, South India. Since then, Bethania Kids has grown to serve nearly 1000 impoverished children, women and families in 15 separate sites: four residential homes (2 for girls and 2 for boys) in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh; nine care centers providing day care and after school care in Tamil Nadu and tribal areas of Odisha; two centers to meet the needs of differently-abled children; and, six Women’s Empowerment Programs where women learn skills to enable them to support their families. The Bethania Kids staff in each home, care center, and program are committed to providing top-quality and individualized care for every person served while assuring them of God’s unconditional love for each of them. View their website.

Today, Concordia Seminary is one of two private seminaries of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) providing men for the holy ministry of Word and Sacrament in the LCMS, preparing women through its Deaconess Studies program and offering advanced degree programs to qualified students of theology. It also serves as a center for theological research, scholarship and continuing education of the clergy. Since its inception, Concordia Seminary has provided more than 12,500 professional workers for the church. View their website.

Concordia University Wisconsin is part of the Concordia University System, a nationwide network of colleges and universities that are each independently run but all affiliated with The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Our university educates students across a broad range of professional fields, and also offers professional church career education in the areas of Pre-Seminary studies, Lutheran teacher training, parish music, and church ministries leadership. The Concordia University System (CUS) is comprised of 10 colleges and universities affiliated with the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.

St. John’s is blessed to have a Concordia in Mequon. We have such a unique connection with CUW, in that, many of our members have a relationship with Concordia University Wisconsin. Whether it is through a degree, employment, sending their own children, attending an athletic event, or CUW students coming to St. John’s to serve, we have a special relationship with CUW. View their website.

Mission Statement: Living Word Lutheran High School provides quality Christian education for lifelong leadership and service in God’s’s kingdom.

Living Word Lutheran is a family of diverse students, parents, and teachers. It is a place where students come first - their best interests, their success and their plans for the future. Staff and parents collaborate on the academic and spiritual growth of each child, helping students recognize that their value does not come from others, but from who God created them to be.

Because Living Word in such close proximity to St. John’s (Jackson, WI), this has created many unique partnership opportunities, and we are proud to say Living Word is our high school. View their website.

LWLHS Grant Activities Log

Mission Statement
The mission of Lutheran Church Extension Fund is to support The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod by ensuring that financial resources and related services are available now and in the future.

Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) has served as the financial extension of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) since 1978, offering funding and resources in support of the church. Our investors make it possible for us to provide customized loans and support services to new and growing ministries as well as loans for Rostered Church Workers who dedicate their lives to sharing the Gospel. View their website.

In 1992, due to the popularity of The Lutheran Hour radio program, the International Lutheran Laymen's League chose Lutheran Hour Ministries as the overall identity for its media outreach programs. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Lutheran Hour Ministries continues to explore new media and to expand its use of others to serve congregations as a partner in God’s mission.

Today, through ministry programs such as The Lutheran Hour, International Ministries, Men's NetWork, LHM Learn, and others, Lutheran Hour Ministries is calling our communities, our country and our world back to God. Lutheran Hour Ministries is ready to meet the challenges of a post-Christian culture by bringing a message of rescue, restoration and renewal in Jesus Christ to millions of people who desperately need to hear it. View their website.

The South Wisconsin District, formed in 1916, is one of 35 districts of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS).

Covering the southern third of the state of Wisconsin, the District serves nearly 90,000 baptized members in more than 200 congregations, 25 preschools, 52 elementary schools, 6 high schools, and 1 university.

In addition to proclaiming the Gospel within our congregations, each of us has the opportunity to help one another do it outside of our own reach, out of our local neighborhoods, or even in another language.

Our elected, called, and appointed staff members serve as advisors and general resources to the members of our District. View their website.