Who Are The Lutherans?

Today, there are 66 million Lutherans belonging to 250 different Lutheran denominations around the world. The largest numbers of Lutherans are found in Germany, the place where the Reformation took place during the early part of the 16th century. The 9.5 million Lutherans in North America belong to 21 different Lutheran church bodies. The largest of these at 5.1 million is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LC-MS), with 2.5 million baptized members, ranks as the second largest Lutheran church body in North America and the 11th largest denomination in the USA. The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) has 410,000 members and is the third largest Lutheran Church in the United States of America.

What is the Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod?

On April 26, 1847, 12 pastors representing 15 congregations signed a constitution that established "The German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and Other States." Today, The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (the name was shortened on its 100 th anniversary). Faith Lutheran Church is one of 6,150 congregations served by more than 9,000 professional church workers. You may also view additional statistics about the Synod.

Who is Faith Lutheran Church, Topeka?

Our mission is to "Grow in Faith and Share Christ's Love," but how?

Our vision: Faith congregation will spiritually equip all generations for Christ’s ministry, innovatively sharing Christ’s love with everyone, that we grow in faith together.

Implementation: "Spiritually equip all generations" - as part of the KINDLE Next Steps process, Faith is implementing a plan to develop servant leaders in our congregation.

"Innovatively sharing Christ's love" - Faith-talk, Prayer, Word of God, and Service are to be everywhere in the life of Faith Lutheran Church. These are discipleship skills for all of life, in any station and season of life.

"Grow in faith together" - Through relational worship, service and study, we can grow in our faith. It's all about relationships! We cannot grow without a relationship with God and with others. One way at Faith Lutheran Church of being relational is in small groups.