There are 61 deaf churches, the most of any North American denomination. Since 95 percent of deaf people are not churched, this is a vast mission field. Hispanic About 34 million Hispanic people live in the United States today. There are presently 120 Hispanic congregations in the LCMS and 96 Hispanic workers. Hispanics have much to bring to Missouri Synod Lutheranism.
Leadership development is the primary focus of our new Hispanic missions.
Lay people are equipped to lead home Bible studies, attend leaders' meetings regularly and bring their groups to a central worship service led by the missionary. Click here to go to that page now. There are approximately 300,000 Hmong in the United States. They are recent immigrants, arriving since the end of the Vietnam War. Many Hmong do not speak English and most are poor and have entry-level jobs.