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Global Missions in the Indiana-Kentucky Synod:

You Can Sponsor a Missionary!

How to participate in the Missionary Sponsorship Program:

Missionary-for-a-Day Program:


Ideal for families, individuals, and Groups who want to support ELCA Missionaries for a day, a week, or a month.

For $135, you can support the work of international mission personnel for a day; for $190, you can support a missionary family

Your gift will be acknowledged with a Missionary Prayer Page, which lifts up the work of a particular missionary or missionary family.


Missionary Covenant Program:


Through this program, congregations or individuals partner with:

  • An ELCA missionary or missionary family
  • An international scholarship student attending an ELCA college or seminary
  • A "south-south" missionary (For example, a missionary from Madagascar who serves the Lutheran church in Papua New Guinea and is supported by ELCA gifts)

SPONSOR A MISSIONARY:

As a sponsor, you support your missionary through prayer, correspondence, and financial support ranging from $1000 to $69,000 a year.

Your relationship begins when you sign a Missionary Sponsorship Covenant.

You will receive photos, contact and background information on your missionary.

It continues as you exchange letters or arrange visits, when possible.

SEND GIFTS AND COVENANTS TO: David Lerseth, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, PO Box 71764, Chicago, IL 60694-1764 www.elca.org/dgm


DGM Companionship Model Characteristics:

  • Witnessing in Relationships:
    --Engaging in faith conversation across religious and cultural lines while modeling the life of Christ
  • Lifegiving:
    --Participating in the mission of restoring the dignity of humanity and all creation.
  • Shaped by the cross:
    --Walking in a spirit of respect and vulnerability among our companions.
  • Embracing the gifts of All:
    --Committed to overcoming attitudes, behaviors and systems that exclude and marginalize people.
    --Committed to justice in all relationships developing gifts and leadership skills.


ELCA international missionary personnel:

  • Proclaim the Gospel through their work and personal lives
  • Serve through holistic ministries of health, education, evangelism, community development, and advocacy
  • Accompany Christians in their spiritual journey
  • Receive the gifts of colleagues and neighbors


For a presentation in your congregation, contact the Indiana-Kentucky Synod Global Mission Committee.

Rev. Bill Gafkjen, IK Synod Director of Global Mission
Jean Eisen , IK Synod Global Mission Committee Chair

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