BRAZIL

The AFLC has had a presence in Brazil since the mid-1960's. We currently have three missionary families serving the Lord there along with the national church, AFLC Brazil.

The Miriam Home was started in 1990 with one little boy, who's Mother died from a heart attack in her early 20's. Social Services from Campo Mourão had come up to see if we could take this child. So little Ricardo came to us and the Miriam Home was born. Since Ricardo, hundreds of children have passed through our doors - some being adopted to other families, others returning to their recuperated family.

As people come to faith in Christ churches are planted to reach the community for Jesus. As churches are planted they desire a place to worship. The AFLC in the United States partners with the Brazilian national church to provide a building. The national church provides a piece of land and AFLC churches and individuals raise $15,000.00 to help build a simple building. This project is called the Primavera Project.

INDIA

The work of the AFLC of India is led by Rev. Luther Dasari.
Pastor Dasari was trained at the Free Lutheran Seminary in Minneapolis, MN.

The congregations of the AFLC of India are lead by national shepherds who teach the Word of God reaching the lost and discipling the saved. The AFLC-I has 40-50 national pastors.

As new churches are planted additional pastors are needed. We help in the training of pastors through our Ambassador Institute Department. Indian pastors are trained using oral learning methods and by pastors and teachers from the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations in the United States traveling to India. The goals is to have Indian pastors who can train new pastors in the future.

The AFLC-I carries out the Great Commission by planting churches in the towns and villages of Andrah Pradesh. There are 56 AFLC congregations in India. New churches begin as "Gospel Meetings" and are held in a village. Then the new Christians are discipled and a church is planted.

As a village forms a congregation, they desire to have a permanent building where they can worship Christ. Most congregations begin worshiping in a thatched building they can afford. Unfortunately, some of these structures don't stand up to the rainy season and must be rebuilt almost every year.

A program called the Kattudamhmu Randi (Come Let Us Build - CLUB) Project has been developed to help provide permanent structures for worship. This special project attempts to raise $15,000. per year which will build two churches in India.

MEXICO

The mission work of the AFLC in Mexico is divided up into three entities: The Central Mexican Lutheran Church (CMLC), The Northern Mexico Outreach, and the work of our missionaries.

UGANDA

AFLC World Missions agreed to work in Uganda and sent our first missionary family to the country in 2006. The primary goal is to teach pastors and leaders to plant churches, shepherd their congregations and train other pastors and leaders.

This ministry has largely been handed over to the Ugandan nationals but is still overseen and encouraged by the missionaries. They continue to seek the development and implementation of pastoral training. The goal is that pastors would train and mentor new pastors, who would in turn train and mentor others. AFLC World Missions has had great success in this using our Ambassador Institute oral training curriculum.

The missionaries that we have on the field now (Jores, Michael Rokenbrodt, and Raans) ask the Lord of how best, in accordance with God's Word and the culture of Uganda, to plant Free & Living Lutheran Congregations. We are currently seeking to do this in two different locations within the country and possibly seeking a third location. Please pray that the Lord would build His Church, as the families seek to disciple and to plant these congregations.

Uganda Mama Nissi at Ambassador Institute class

PARAGUAY

With much prayer and consultation with the Brazilian Field Conference, the World Missions Committee decided to step out and fulfill a long-time dream of the AFLC. At the 1977 Annual Conference a resolution was passed to have a tri-nation vision for South America. That vision was to have Free Lutheran Congregations in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Therefore, the World Mission Committee resolved to expand our work with the AFLC of Brazil to include Paraguay by sending Matthew and Ednay Abel there to plant congregations.

Matthew and Ednay are spending these first years learning the culture and an intense study of the national language, Guarani. They have been assisting a local congregation with ministry to youth and have also been involved in a Bible translation team as assistants.

SWITZERLAND

In 2016, the AFLC Annual Conference approved a cooperative church planting effort with AFLC-Brazil and the El-Shadai Evangelical Lutheran Church of Geneva Switzerland. We are seeking to reach out to Switzerland and even greater Europe.

The El-Shadai congregation is being served by lay-pastor Augusto Fiuri. Pastor Augusto grew up in an AFLC-Brazil congregation but has relocated to Geneva with his family. Pray for the congregation as they are seeking to call a full-time pastor to serve in Geneva and assist them in planting more congregations in Europe.