LCMS Missionary

What do missionaries do?

They spread the Gospel, plant Lutheran churches and show mercy.

The LCMS trains, sends and supports called and appointed career, long-term and short-term missionaries and volunteers to various countries around the world where there are mission plants, partner churches, schools or mission relationships.

LCMS missionary teams are made up of people whose work is focused upon spreading the Gospel, planting Lutheran churches and showing mercy. Such work could include holistic services in areas of health, agriculture, community development, English-as-a-Foreign-Language classes or partner support activities.

Missionary teachers also serve in international schools where missionary children, expatriates, and often national children attend. Agricultural and medical missionaries are utilized when their work will strategically contribute towards reaching and gathering a community of believers, so that churches can be planted.

Missionaries have a robust orientation process in addition to network engagement prior to field deployment. When missionaries first arrive in their place of service, field orientation is followed by learning about the culture and mastering a foreign language.

An LCMS mission “team” consists of people from various vocations such as ordained pastors, directors of Christian education, directors of Christian outreach, deaconesses, teachers, lay ministers, Directors of Parish music, medical professionals, agriculturalists, vicars, church work program interns, retired Lutheran laity and college graduates. All are scattered across the globe working together with national partners to tell the Good News of the salvation that is found only in Jesus Christ.

Required Qualifications:
✚ A desire to reach the lost with the saving news of Jesus.
✚ Active member of a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregation.
✚ The ability to articulate the basic tenets of the Lutheran Christian faith as found in Scripture and Luther’s Small Catechism.
✚ Other qualifications may be required for specific positions as determined by region, role and service location.

Open Opportunities to Serve:

• Church Planter
• Theological Educator
• Business Manager
• Chaplain
• Deaconess
• Missionary Care Coordinator
• Missionary Pastor
• Church Musician
• Regional Communications Specialist
• Project Manager
• Lutheran Teacher of English (LTE)
• LTE Elementary
• LTE Secondary
• Early Childhood Support Volunteer
• Project Specialist
• Business Specialist
• IT Specialist
• EFL / ESL Instructor
• Volunteer Coordinator

Is the Lord of the harvest calling you? Reach out to start the conversation today.

Learn More

LCMS International Mission  Learn more about the scope of the international mission work of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.

Missionary Job Posting  View the general missionary job description on the LCMS careers website.

Regional Business Manager Job Posting  View the Regional Business Manager job description on the LCMS careers website.

Associate Regional Business Manager Job Posting  View the Associate Regional Business Manager job description on the LCMS careers website.