<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">This is the web site of LCMS World Mission in the CIS, the best web resource about Evangelical Lutheran mission work of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in the countries of Eurasia. Here you can learn first-hand information about LCMS missionary outreach in such CIS countries as Russia (the Russian Federation), Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan: see information and many pictures about current projects in the areas of theological education, proclamation of the Gospel, and social ministry in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Buryatia, Hakasia (Khakasia), Almaty, Bishkek and adjacent regions; learn about missionaries who reach out with the Good News of Jesus Christ in those locations; find out more about our partner church in Russia - the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria and history of Lutheranism in Russia; learn about leadership training seminars where Holy Scripture (the Bible) and doctrines of Lutheranism are taught by volunteer and career professors at the Ingrian and ELKRAS seminaries near St. Petersburg and at seminars in the different mission fields in these countries (these professors have been able to help provide solid Lutheran teaching to countless pastors, deacons, deaconesses, Sunday School teachers and youth leaders); find out about LCMS World Relief projects in these regions; get lots of links to web sites about Russia, language resources, Lutheran sites, and mission sites.
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