Concordia Lutheran Mission Society
Partners In Missions
In 2019 two Nicaraguan pastors traded in their bicycles for motorcycles. In 2020, this project hopes to provide two more motorcycles for pastors, better enabling them to visit their church communities and attend meetings at the Mission Centre.
I want to support missionary transportation in Nicaragua.
This project will provide continuing education seminars for pastors and deacons/esses serving in Central America. Project funding provides for transportation, room/board and materials for four theological seminars, held at the Mission Centre in Chinandega, Nicaragua, and led by LCC and LCMS pastors and theological professors.
I want to support the pastors and deacons/esses serving in Central America.
How did you travel to church last Sunday? For pastors in Nicaragua the trip to hold services or visit with parishioners can be a complicated one. Often pastors serve more than one congregation and may live in yet another community.
Some pastors rely on bicycles, some take the local bus or bicycle taxi, and then walk the remainder of the way. Some have motorcycles. Very few have a car.
This is Pastor Geronimo who serves a number of congregations, all of which are rural. The roads leading to these small villages are not paved and in some cases are not graveled either. If you look closely you can see a machete in a sleeve he has attached to the rear wheel. We asked why a machete? Are there bad men? He said no, there were bad dogs that he had to hold off or they would topple him over and take whatever foodstuffs he was carrying to his home or to his parishioners.
For the last couple of years Concordia Lutheran Mission Society has had Motorcycles for Pastors as one of our projects. Last year three pastors received a motorcycle. In this past month two more pastors received motorcycles!
Wow! Look at Pastor Geronimo now! 
He has the keys and the helmet (not shown) and is ready to get on the road!
What a blessing for him and for all of his parishioners. Because there is still a need for more motorcycles CLMS will have this project again in 2020.
CLMS sincerely thanks all those who have given to this project. Pastor Geronimo’s prayer for a motorcycle has been answered, and our donors were God’s instrument to have this come to pass.
God bless you all!
$1.50 can provide a substantial and healthy meal for a child in any community in Nicaragua. There are groups of anywhere from 40 to 80 children in each of the Central American feeding programs where the children hear Bible studies and learn the Small Catechism. A deaconess and pastor lead the programs while the children are fed once or twice a week.
I want to support feeding for the children of Nicaragua.
This project will provide continuing education seminars for pastors and deacons/esses serving in Central America. A short term seminar held at our Nicaragua seminary is around $2500 USD, including transportation, room/board and materials. Our hope is to offer, at least, four seminars per year.
I want to support the pastors and deacons/esses serving in Central America.
Funding is needed to ensure that the 60 children attending the program in 2019 will have the backpacks, notebooks, and educational resources that are included in the $120 USD cost to cover each child’s scholarship.
I want to support education for children in Nicaragua.
100 desks and chairs are needed to support the children attending feeding and educational programs throughout Nicaragua. Even a small contribution can make a big difference as $15 buys a chair and $35 a desk.
I want to support the children of Nicaragua.
Children and youth receive musical training to learn to play instruments, allowing them to actively participate in their congregation’s worship services. Keyboards, guitars, speakers, microphones, band equipment, music sheets are needed. The project also provides funding for transportation and meals when training is taking place.
I want to support the music program.
This program and its materials and resources are largely funded and led by a Canadian volunteer, significantly reducing the overall costs. Your support is needed to help the deaconesses and students reach the Chinandega mission centre where they can benefit from the leadership and training being provided.
I want to support computer training.
The majority of pastors in Nicaragua travel by motorcycle to their church, on visits in the community, and back and forth to the mission centre in Chinandega. Two motorcycles are needed for church workers in Central America, each costing about $1700 USD.
I want to support missionary transportation in Nicaragua.
