Oklahoma District Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

Evangelism

Resources for outreach, witness, visitor follow-up, community engagement, and sharing the Gospel.

• LCMS Witness & Outreach Ministry Page - Witness & Outreach are distinct, but they work together so people will know of Jesus and be gathered into His Church through us.
• Every One His Witness Program - Every One His Witness is a relational, contextual Lutheran evangelism program that teaches you how to witness to your nonchurched friends, co-workers, neighbors, and family members.
• Ongoing Ambassadors for Christ - offers free training to youth and adults which can assist you in evangelism and strengthening the faith of your youth.
• Lutheran Hour Ministries - Lutheran Hour Ministries is a global mission organization that shares Christ’s love in more than 60 countries, often bringing His message of hope to places where no other Christian organizations are present.
• Rural & Small Town Mission Resources - The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Rural & Small Town Mission supports pastors, professional church workers and lay leaders to meet the challenges of leading Christ-centered outreach in their unique communities.
• Church Revitalization - a suite of resources developed by the Office of National Mission to help you equip your congregation for carrying out God’s mission in your context.

Education

Support for Lutheran schools, early childhood ministries, teachers, parents, and Christian education leaders.

• LuthEd - The LuthED website offers comprehensive resources for encouraging, connecting and informing Lutheran Schools for church workers and others.  The website offers a growing array of resources, devotions and discounted services. 
• Lutheran Education Association - links, equips, and affirms educators and workers in ministry for the purpose of building up the body of Christ.
• National Lutheran School Accreditation (NLSA) - serves as the accrediting body for Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod schools across the United States and the world. 
• LCMSU - The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Campus Ministry -  an initiative to connect and support Lutheran students as they head off to college and face countless challenges to their biblical worldview, doctrine, ethics and practices.
• LCMS School Ministry - assists, equips and uplifts school educators, district staff, and especially education executives and congregational leaders so that through them children may be equipped as disciples of Jesus Christ.
• TEC21 - Through unique, inspiring workshops, TEC21 equips teachers serving in Lutheran schools to use technology to engage, motivate and educate children for life. TEC21 brings educators together to examine, question, evaluate and understand technology, and develop practical applications for the classroom.

 

Ministry

Practical resources for pastors, church workers, congregational leaders, and volunteers.

• Church Worker Wellness - Whether you are a church worker or spouse — or someone who loves those who are called to serve — this comprehensive set of resources for Church Worker Wellness is provided for you by the LCMS.
• DOXOLOGY - Doxology, the Lutheran Center for Spiritual Care and Counsel, offers an innovative program of advanced study retreats to strengthen pastors for the task of faithfully shepherding the souls entrusted to their care.
• LCMS Disaster Response - LCMS Disaster Response is a ministry of presence, a presence rich with God’s mercy and Word of life. It serves the thousands of individuals and families all over the world who are suffering from loss in the wake of disasters like hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, fires and tornadoes.
• Best Practices for Ministry (BPM) Conference - a conference hosted by Christ Church Lutheran in Phoenix, AZ. This conference is free to attend.

 

 

Missions

• LCMS Office of International Missions - The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) does mission work all over the world. Knowing about the international LCMS work around the world will help you know what needs your prayers and how to get involved and support international missions.
• LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission - supports pastors, professional church workers and lay leaders to meet the challenges of leading Christ-centered outreach in their unique communities.
• Mission Central is the largest mission network that is providing support to the LCMS Office of International and National Mission also known to many people as LCMS World Mission. It continues to be blessed by God as a conduit to raise millions of dollars every year to send and keep missionaries in the mission field.
• Lutheran Heritage Foundation - LHF translates, publishes, distributes and introduces books that are Bible-based, Christ-centered and Reformation-driven. In more than 80 countries and 100 languages, thousands of people have come to faith in Christ because they’ve been able to read books like The Good News About Jesus or Luther’s Small Catechism in their own languages.
• LCMS Church Revitalization - In the language of 1 Cor. 3:5-9, revitalization is centered on planting and watering in anticipation of God providing the growth.  LCMS' re:Vitality is a full-scale program that addresses the three fundamental premises of revitalization by providing congregations with resources to improve their abilities to invite, welcome and receive people from outside the congregation.
• The Oklahoma Dartball Association is an initiative of the Oklahoma District of the Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod.  The Association started in 2016 in the Tulsa Metro Area and has expanded to Oklahoma City and beyond.

 

 

 

Youth

Resources for youth ministry, confirmation, retreats, camps, servant events, and young adult ministry.

• LCMS Youth Ministry - faithfully leads, serves, resources and networks youth and adults — working through LCMS districts and congregations — with Christ and His gifts at the heart and center of everything.
• youthESource - provides Jesus-centered resources for those at work with youth in the Lutheran congregation and beyond. New resources, articles and blog posts are added every week.
• YouthLead - For 40 years, YouthLead (formerly Lutheran Youth Fellowship) has equipped teens to develop and use their leadership skills as they serve Christ within their congregations and communities. We offer resources and training to equip teens to lead and mentor each other.
• LCMS Servant Events - thousands of Lutheran youth and adults have participated in LCMS Servant Events, serving others in the name of Jesus Christ. LCMS Servant Events equip God’s people to grow in their faith through serving, sharing Christ’s love and developing relationships.
• Higher Things - The mission of Higher Things® is to assist parents, pastors, and congregations in cultivating a distinctly Lutheran identity among their youth and young adults. 
• Lutheran Young Adult Corps - provides opportunities for young adults (18-26) to grow in a community of faith and service through long-term, full-time service in urban ministry settings.
• LCMS Young Adult Ministry - empowers youth to reach out to their peers with the love and light of Christ. Resources include youth-authored Blogs, podcasts, and volunteer opportunities.

 

Stewardship

Biblical stewardship resources for congregations and households.

• LCMS Stewardship Ministry - helps congregations grow in their understanding and implementation of a life of stewardship.  Christian stewardship is the free and joyous activity of God’s family — the church — in managing life’s resources for His purposes.
• LCEF Ministry Support Services Stewardship - LCEF's stewardship processes are designed to reconnect your members to your congregation’s ministries while encouraging them to live as faithful stewards of the Lord’s gifts every day. Our hope is that by regularly engaging in Stewardship processes, your members are ever more involved and devoted to the collective ministries of your congregation.