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Benediction Lutheran Church
Contact: Pastor Don Hougard, (414)-463-9158
Benediction Lutheran Church, located at 5740 N. 86th St., has a Hmong ministry within its congregation served by Pastor Don Hougard, with assistance from Hmong lay leadership within the congregation. A candidate for the pastoral ministry is Moua Vang, a member of Benediction Lutheran. Moua is a student in the EIIT (Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology) program of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and has additional mentoring from Rev. Edmund Schafer.
Hmong Hope Lutheran Church
Contact: Pastor Yia Vang, (414) 342-0471
Hmong Hope Lutheran Church meets at Hope Lutheran Church, 1115 N. 35th Street, Milwaukee. This chartered congregation is being served by Missionary at Large of the District, Pastor Yia Vang. Pastor Yia Vang is called by the District and has been instrumental in starting many Hmong ministries throughout the state of Wisconsin. Hmong Hope is a congregation of about 170 members. Pastor Yia Vang is also developing new ministries in Thailand in coordination with LCMS World Missions. The South Wisconsin District fully supports Pastor Yia Vang’s salary, but all expenses related to Pastor Vang’s trips to Thailand, and recently to Vietnam, are supported by the Hmong Missions Society. New Hmong outreach is needed in Madison and La Crosse. Potential EIIT students are developing.
New Life Lutheran Church - Brown Deer Church Plant
Contact: Pastor Yia Vang, (414) 342-0471
New Hmong outreach has been occurring through a partnership between St. Paul Brown Deer (Pastor David Paape) and Missionary at Large Rev. Yia Vang. Several new families worship there. One of them, Moses Thao, is a student in the EIIT program. Members of this outreach ministry have attended Open Arms Ministry (Child Care outreach program of the LCMS developed by LCEF) orientation and training. They are investigating the potential of doing child care and day care ministry for the sake of funding the mission and reaching out more thoroughly to the Hmong community on the north side of Milwaukee. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wauwatosa is also in dialogue with Pastor Vang to investigate ways in which they can assist in this new venture.
Benediction Lutheran Church
Contact: Pastor Don Hougard, (414)-463-9158
Benediction Lutheran Church, located at 5740 N. 86th St., has a Hmong ministry within its congregation served by Pastor Don Hougard, with assistance from Hmong lay leadership within the congregation. A candidate for the pastoral ministry is Moua Vang, a member of Benediction Lutheran. Moua is a student in the EIIT (Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology) program of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and has additional mentoring from Rev. Edmund Schafer.
Hmong Hope Lutheran Church
Contact: Pastor Yia Vang, (414) 342-0471
Hmong Hope Lutheran Church meets at Hope Lutheran Church, 1115 N. 35th Street, Milwaukee. This chartered congregation is being served by Missionary at Large of the District, Pastor Yia Vang. Pastor Yia Vang is called by the District and has been instrumental in starting many Hmong ministries throughout the state of Wisconsin. Hmong Hope is a congregation of about 170 members. Pastor Yia Vang is also developing new ministries in Thailand in coordination with LCMS World Missions. The South Wisconsin District fully supports Pastor Yia Vang’s salary, but all expenses related to Pastor Vang’s trips to Thailand, and recently to Vietnam, are supported by the Hmong Missions Society. New Hmong outreach is needed in Madison and La Crosse. Potential EIIT students are developing.
New Life Lutheran Church - Brown Deer Church Plant
Contact: Pastor Yia Vang, (414) 342-0471
New Hmong outreach has been occurring through a partnership between St. Paul Brown Deer (Pastor David Paape) and Missionary at Large Rev. Yia Vang. Several new families worship there. One of them, Moses Thao, is a student in the EIIT program. Members of this outreach ministry have attended Open Arms Ministry (Child Care outreach program of the LCMS developed by LCEF) orientation and training. They are investigating the potential of doing child care and day care ministry for the sake of funding the mission and reaching out more thoroughly to the Hmong community on the north side of Milwaukee. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wauwatosa is also in dialogue with Pastor Vang to investigate ways in which they can assist in this new venture.