Bringing Christ to the Nations—and the Nations to the Church

Our Story

Every person has the opportunity to hear the Gospel in an understandable way;

New believers are connected to a faithful Christian community where they can grow in their faith and witness;

All Christians reach out in love to those who don’t yet know the Savior.

Our Vision

Our Priorities

LHM is focused on providing relevant tools and training to help congregations and individuals reach their community with the Gospel. God has always called this ministry to embolden the laity to share God’s Word in their daily lives.

LHM’s media outreach makes use of radio, video, online, and print to reach a diverse audience with the Good News. We aim to reach people wherever they are through unique strategies and media approaches.

Globally, billions have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Through expanded radio and online ministry, as well as strategic personal and holistic outreach, LHM will reach millions more with this life-saving message.

LHM will launch online ministries to reach new audiences and walk with them as they learn more about Jesus and the church. By God’s grace, we will bring them to a point where they are ready to go off-line and join a welcoming Christian community.

Lutheran Hour Ministries is a trusted resource in global media that

equips and engages a vibrant volunteer base to passionately proclaim the Gospel to more othan 125 milli n people worldwide each week. We do this through ministry efforts such as Bible Correspondence Courses, online outreach training, our THRED digital project, video resources and Bible studies, Daily Devotions and, of course, The Lutheran Hour®. LHM started at the grassroots level as the Lutheran Laymen’s League, a group of 12 laypeople who came together to support the church in word and deed. What began with a few people has become a global movement of tens of thousands of volunteers and supporters. Having just celebrated 100 years of mission and ministry, we are excited to see how God will continue to use LHM in the next century.

Energize, Equip, and Engage Laity for Outreach

Grow God’s Kingdom through Expanded Media Outreach

Bring the Gospel to the Unreached Around the World

Engage Communities in the Digital Mission Field

• Every person has the opportunity to hear the Gospel in anunderstandable way

• New believers are connected to a faithful Christiancommunity where they can grow in their faith and witness

• All Christians reach out in love to those who don’t yetknow the Savior

Vision

Bringing Christ to the Nations—and the Nations to the Church.We know that there is a God. He loves His creation so much thatHe saved us through His son, Jesus Christ. To spread this message,Lutheran Hour Ministries employs local missionaries to developculturally relevant ministries to the unchurched in 42 nations on6 continents. In the U.S. we strive to equip churches and lay peoplewith the resources they need to share the love of Jesus Christ withtheir community.

Mission

Lutheran Hour Ministries began at the grassroots level as the Lutheran Laymen’s League,a group of 12 laypeople who came together to support the church in word and deed. Whatbegan with 12 has become a movement of tens of thousands of volunteers and supportersaround the globe. In 1930 “There is a God” were the first words spoken on The Lutheran Hour®

radio program broadcast over the airwaves to hundreds of listeners. Today the Gospelmessage reaches over 51 million people on a weekly basis through ministry efforts suchas Bible Correspondence Courses, Outreach Training, Bible Studies, Daily Devotions and,of course, The Lutheran Hour. Our first Ministry Center opened its doors in the Philippinesin 1940; today we are able to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ through MinistryCenter presence in 42 countries around the world. Through our unique missionary model ofemploying only indigenous staff, Lutheran Hour Ministries is able to work within the languageand culture to communicate the Gospel in the context of the local region. For nearly 100years, God has used Lutheran Hour Ministries to bring the changeless Christ to a changingworld. The communication methods have shifted, but the message has remained the same.

Lutheran Hour Ministries is a trusted expert in mass media proclamation with a global network of partners. Each week we reach 51 million people around the world withthe Gospel. We work in areas where other organizations are not present and use local missionaries who know the language and culture.

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Lutheran Laymen’s League is formed

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First broadcast of The Lutheran Hour

1992

LUTHERAN HOURMINISTRIES

The International LLL begins using

the name Lutheran Hour Ministries

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First international ministry center is

opened

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Debut of “This is the Life”

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First animated seasonal television

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Lutheran Laymen’s League forms

First broadcast of The Lutheran Hour

First international ministry center opens

Debut of the award-winning “This is the Life”

First animated seasonal television

special airs

The International LLL begins using the name Lutheran Hour

Ministries

LHM embarks on a bold vision

for the 21st century

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• Africa & the Middle EastCameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana,Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Uganda

• Asia & OceaniaAustralia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand

• Europe & Central AsiaEngland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia

• North & South AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, United States, Uruguay

Our Ministry

LutheranHourMinistries @lutheranhourministries@LHMglobalmin

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Our Impact

How do you share the Gospel with people who aren’t being reached through traditional channels? The truth is

that most Christian Gospel outreach takes place in areas where Jesus is already widely known—even where there

are well-established church bodies. Meanwhile, three billion of the world’s more than seven billion people are not

acquainted with the Gospel of Jesus—including millions in more than 500 people groups that have never even

heard of Jesus. In order to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ on this global scale, LHM employs local staff and

volunteers in over 30 locations around the world to develop culturally-relevant ministries to reach the unchurched

in more than 50 countries on six continents. Around the world, we strive to equip churches and laypeople with the

resources they need to share the Gospel in their families, communities, and world.

More than 125 million

people hear or read the

Gospel each week

through LHM programs,

services, or materials.

More than 1 million

people listen to

The Lutheran Hour

each week.

Nearly 500,000

individuals per year

intentionally provide

contact information for

follow-up in response to

LHM’s culturally-relevant

outreach efforts.

More than 63,000

individuals participated

for the first time last year

in Bible Correspondence

Courses offered by

LHM’s international

ministry centers.

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Arabic programming reaches millions of people and generates thousands of responses throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

(Not all ministry center locations are listed due to security issues.)