Pr. Gerald Kieshnick; President; The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LC MS); The ELCA and the LC MS are partners in many ministries; including Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS); Lutheran World Relief (LWR); Lutheran Services in America (LSA); Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR); military chaplaincies; and some schools.; President Kieshnick brought greetings from The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod to the Assembly.
Heber Rast, President, Lutheran Men in Mission (LMM), spoke about LMMs work to increase mens participation in the ministries of the ELCA.