2024 Annual Ministry Impact Report
Connecting the World
THROUGH CHRIST Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We live in a world where you get what you pay for. Lucky for us, our God is not a “you get what you pay for” god. Our God is the “you get what I paid for” God. We sure didn’t earn the Gospel and all it entails by luck or fate. It is simply a gift: a gift for us, not because we deserved it, but freely given because the Giver wanted to provide it for His own reasons. As we enter a new year of ministry, opportunities, and challenges, I pause to reflect on what God is doing for Lutheran Hour Ministries through His gifts. One important way God has blessed us is through the gift of partners in the harvest fields. Around 365,000 individuals like you are currently connected to LHM through our resources or the sharing of your time, talent, or treasure in support of the organizational mission. In addition, nearly 300 passionate, dedicated, and talented staff members joyfully share the hope of the Gospel daily. This unwavering commitment is one reason LHM was recognized in the Top Workplaces 2024 awards as published this past summer by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. As the nation’s leading employer recognition program, Top Workplaces celebrates organizations for their people-first commitment to workplace excellence. It is extremely rewarding to have a respected independent agency recognize the quality of workplace that our team has worked so hard to build. Most important, we genuinely like working on God’s mission together!
God has maximized each of our individual gifts during the past year to allow people around the world to experience the Gospel through LHM programs, services, or materials nearly 235 million times each week. While this growing Gospel impact is a tremendous blessing, we know that God wants us to reach much further so the billions of people who woke up this morning in spiritual darkness can experience His transformative love. This is why He has provided us with the resources to expand ministry to Peru, Nepal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kyrgyzstan; embark on a bold plan for a multidivisional global mission rooted in localized regional leadership; and make additional ministry investments here in the United States. As you explore this year’s ministry impact report, I hope you are inspired to see how your involvement is bringing the hope of the Gospel into people’s lives. Thank you for being a vital part of the LHM family!
Your Partner in HIS Mission,
Kurt Buchholz CEO, Lutheran Hour Ministries
by CHAD FIX
A Year in Review
How LHM’s Gospel Impact Grew in 2024 Following are some ways in which LHM was abundantly blessed by God during the last year thanks to your generous support. To see a copy of our full annual ministry impact report, visit lhm.org/report. see next page
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