How important is the mission of Christ? How important is it to you? Would it be worth a coffee or two a week? The Church of the Lutheran Brethren's contribution goal is $2,300,000 and as of January 30th, we are 62% of the way to our goal.

So we ask you, how much would you spend to have ...

• a missionary family living among and sharing the gospel with unreached people in Chad,
• a missionary family taking advanced language training for translating God's Word into the native language of people who don't have the Bible,
• a missionary couple doing advanced theological study for in-service training of national pastors in Africa,
• three missionary couples planting new churches among a large minority population in Taiwan,
• missionaries planting churches and connecting with non-believers in Japan,
• partial support of a caring ministry for international missionaries,
• four pastors supporting North American pastors and congregational leaders,
• six people preparing pastors and missionaries for the church,
• financial assistance for two newer church planters,
• print and electronic communications,
• 12 executive and administrative people supporting these cooperative ministries,
• campus and expenses related to each of the above?

How much would you contribute a year for these cooperative ministries?

It may surprise you that our synodical contribution budget is equal to $5.65/week per adult member of a CLB congregation. This is 80 cents a day!

As we are doing our tax returns, I suggest checking if we are averaging $5.64 per week, or 24.50 per month or $295.00 per year for these ministries.

I realize some of us cannot afford that amount each month but others of us can. Since a few people have the resources and hearts to give several thousand each year, the rest of us can surely give a dollar a day in response to God's call to us.

Many of you have been giving but it is time for the rest of us to support this year's ministries by April 30. Let's do it together!

Rev. Joel Egge serves as President of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren

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By Joel Egge

Rev. Joel Egge serves as the President of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren.