Concordia Historical Institute (CHI) is the department of archives and history for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. The materials stored at CHI include records of synodical officers, boards, commissions, committees, and other entities, as well as personal papers of church leaders, seminary professors, pastors, teachers, laypersons, and missionaries. CHI's reference library contains books, periodicals, parish histories, pamphlets, tracts, and other publications relating to the history of Lutheranism in North America and its European antecedents. For more information about CHI, visit http://chi.lcms.org.
Concordia Plan Services supports The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod's mission of spreading the Gospel message of Jesus Christ by developing and administering programs that provide for the well-being of church workers and their families with respect to health care and in the event of disability, retirement, special needs, or death. This plan, formerly called Worker Benefit Plans, includes the Concordia Health Plan, the Concordia Disability and Survivor Plan, the Concordia Retirement Plan, and the Accident Insurance Program. For more information about Concordia Plan Services, visit www.concordiaplans.org.
Concordia Publishing House (CPH) is the official LCMS publisher. CPH is the largest Lutheran publisher and the third-largest Protestant publisher in the U.S. For more information, visit www.cph.org.
Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc. provides the message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ to the blind and visually impaired throughout the world. Its Braille and large print Bibles and other materials are published in many languages, bringing the light of the Gospel to those in physical and spiritual darkness, whether blind or sighted. For more information, visit www.lbwinc.org.
Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) is a unique ministry-through-investment organization that offers members of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod the opportunity to invest their money, earn interest, and help build churches and schools at the same time. For more information about LCEF, visit www.lcef.org.
LCMS World Relief and Human Care is an alliance of disaster relief, self-help, and human care ministries of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. LCMS World Relief reaches out in compassion to those in need in the name of Christ. For more information, visit www.lcms.org > Ministry Areas > LCMS World Relief and Human Care.
Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) is a cooperative program of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to provide a unified Lutheran presence during emergencies. LDR offers a single point of contact for Red Cross, FEMA, and local government entities involved in large-scaled disaster response leadership. In addition to working alongside emergency response organizations, LDR works through local Lutheran social service agencies to coordinate relief efforts where needed. For more information, visit www.ldr.org.
Lutheran Education Association (LEA) is a professional organization that links, equips, and affirms educators in Lutheran ministries. Today, LEA serves more than 3,000 professionals involved in education ministries. For more information, visit www.lea.org.
Lutherans for Life is a pro-life, pro-family life ministry whose mission is to "Witness to the Sanctity of Human Life through education based on the Word of God." It is a recognized service organization of LCMS. For more information, visit www.lutheransforlife.org.
Lutheran Services in America (LSA) is an alliance of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and their related social ministry organizations. LSA strengthens and adds value to the ministries of its member organizations, facilitates ministries best done together, and enhances the witness of Lutheran social ministry. For more information, visit www.lutheranservices.org.
Lutheran Women in Mission (LWML), with 250,000 members, is the official women’s organization of the LCMS. It was formerly known as The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League. It, like the Int’l LLL, is an official auxiliary of the LCMS and, like the Int’l LLL, does not receive funding from the LCMS or LCC synods.
In existence for more than 60 years, the LWML affirms women in their relationship with Christ and encourages and equips them to live their Christian lives in active mission ministries and to financially support global missions. For more information, visit www.lwml.org.
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) responds to international need on behalf of the major U.S. Lutheran church bodies. Through a network of faith-based and non-governmental relief organizations, LWR plays a major role in disaster response efforts around the world. As a non-evangelistic humanitarian organization, LWR can often respond to emergencies on behalf of U.S. Lutherans in areas where governments have closed their countries to Christian mission work. Wherever it is practical, LWR partners with national Lutheran churches, LCMS World Mission, and LCMS World Relief and Human Care to provide physical relief and spiritual comfort and strength in the name of Jesus to survivors of disaster. LWR also assists in economic development efforts the world over. For more information, visit www.lwr.org.
Orphan Grain Train is a volunteer network of Christians, particularly Lutherans, who gather donations of clothing, materials, supplies, food, and Christian literature in response to the needs of people around the world. For more information, visit www.orphangraintrain.org.
