Links and Resources
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Website
WELS is a group of more than 340,000 men, women, and children in nearly 1,300 congregations across the United States and Canada united by a common faith in Christ’s saving love. We are committed to a common calling—encouraging each other in our faith and sharing God’s gift of a Savior with the rest of the world.
Online Interactive Bible Study
Discipleship offers LIVE online Bible studies for use by congregations, small groups, or individuals to serve as a mid-week Bible study. Gather at your church or around the computer to join in fellowship and learn about the Bible with brothers and sisters in faith from around the country.
Northwestern Publishing House
Northwestern Publishing House is the official publishing house for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it produces a wide variety of materials including curriculum, periodicals, books, and worship resources. The publications are mainly for use of churches, schools, pastors, and members of the WELS. Its retail store, NPH Christian Books and Gifts, was also located in Milwaukee, but closed in September 2018. NPH has since moved to the synod's headquarters, the WELS Center for Mission and Ministry.
Since June 23, 1891, Northwestern Publishing House has served the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and its members with a variety of products and programs. The mission of NPH is to publish and provide biblically sound material that communicates, fosters, and supports the Christian faith and life.
Branches Band (WELS Christian Contemporary Band)
Branches Band exists to serve and praise our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through our words, actions, and specifically our music. We serve congregations by assisting in worship and creating resources, serve fellow Christians by playing Christian concerts, and serve our community by performing for a variety of public and private events and activities.
Koine (WELS Christian Contemporary Band)
Originally formed in 2003 as a worship band, Koiné quickly began to gain a grassroots following as requests for appearances and sales of their first album, Koiné (Self-Titled) started to roll in.
Local events turned into regional tours. Regional tours turned into trips overseas. Part-time hobby turned into full-time ministry in 2008. Much of their music has a welcome home in traditional worship, but with a modern sound that anyone can identify with.
Wisconsin Lutheran Christian Family Solutions
Through the centuries, Christian people have formed organizations to serve those in society who are struggling, less fortunate, hurting, lonely, or underserved. Christian Family Solutions (CFS) began to do just that in 1965.
Over the decades, our programs and services have changed, grown, and adapted with the changing needs of the world around us. Today, we are a vibrant ministry focusing on Counseling Care & Services.
CFS supports and cares for those who are most vulnerable in our society. We meet their needs in a caring and compassionate way, with excellence. With this approach, our work reflects the ministry of Jesus Christ.
Free Online Lutheran Confessions
Often referred to as the Lutheran Confessions, The Book of Concord is the historic doctrinal standard of the Lutheran Church, consisting of ten credal documents recognized as authoritative in Lutheranism since the 16th century. They are also known as the symbolical books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The Book of Concord was published in German on June 25, 1580, in Dresden, the fiftieth anniversary of the presentation of the Augsburg Confession to Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg. The authoritative Latin edition was published in 1584 in Leipzig.
Affiliated Schools
Luther Preparatory School
LPS is a four year preparatory high school owned and operated by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). Its primary purpose is to train and encourage young people for the pastoral and teaching ministry in the WELS.
Michigan Lutheran Seminary
Michigan Lutheran Seminary, or MLS, provides an outstanding educational experience to equip students for Christian living and the public ministry. MLS is one of two schools owned and operated by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) with the specific purpose of encouraging students to consider becoming pastors and teachers in the WELS.
Martin Luther College
Martin Luther College is a Private Lutheran College located in New Ulm, Minnesota. It is operated by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). MLC offers several undergraduate and graduate degree programs, all of which train students for service in the WELS.
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Wisconsin Lutheran College is a Private Liberal Arts College operated by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. WLC is located on the border of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Bethany Lutheran College
Bethany Lutheran College is a private Christian Liberal Arts College located in Mankato, MN. Founded in 1927, BLC is operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS) is a post-secondary school that trains men to become pastors for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and is located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The purpose of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary is to equip pastors for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod or for churches and cultural groups within its confessional fellowship.
Great Plains Lutheran High School
Great Plains Lutheran High School (GLPHS) located in Watertown, SD, that provides a Christ-centered education to assist families in nurturing students as lifelong disciples of Christ. GPLHS is owned and operated by the GPLHS Association, an organization of congregations and individuals in the Dakota-Montana and Minnesota Districts of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and others in fellowship with the WELS.