Global Missions

† The Southwestern Minnesota Synod rejoices in the partnerships with other bodies in the Church. God's spirit calls and sends us. We are sent to serve in God's broader mission, in God's world, and in God's larger church.

† The church does not have a mission - the mission of God has a church! God is in charge of God's mission to the world. God drives the mission and invites us into relationships to love and serve one another. With hundreds of other church bodies that collaborate in mission, the ELCA joyfully accepts God's invitation. Through our hands, heart, and feet, God creates and nurtures the relationships that are instruments for reconcilliation in God's creation.