Jobs at The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

Supports the Together in Mission program by engaging congregations, securing and stewarding financial commitments, researching potential partners, and strengthening contributor relationships. Provides missionaries with network-building support, constituent reports, progress monitoring, presentation feedback, and career resources. Coordinates with grant-writing staff, represents Mission Advancement internally and externally, and assists with related projects. The role requires occasional travel for training and networking.

Leads missionary support and church-planting initiatives across Latin America. Develops and implements strategic plans, monitors projects, coordinates regional meetings and budgets, and serves as the communication link between regional leadership, missionaries, and church partners. Supervises and mentors deployed staff, supports missionary well-being and logistics, assists with visas and acclimatization, and helps develop indigenous pastors and deaconesses through theological education. Extensive international travel and cross-cultural ministry are required.

Chief Operating Officer leads the Synod’s operational, administrative, financial, legal, compliance, and governance functions. The role advises the Board and President, implements strategy, oversees budgeting, accounting, audit, treasury, risk management, HR, facilities, procurement, and organizational effectiveness, and manages relationships across affiliated entities, universities, seminaries, and districts. The COO supervises executives and staff, serves as Treasurer and compliance officer, manages conventions, and ensures accountable execution aligned with organizational policies and mission.

Supports financial administration for LCMS missionary operations in the Dominican Republic. Responsibilities include budgeting, financial analysis, fund accounting, accounts payable, grant monitoring, field accounting systems, missionary financial training, and regional business planning. The role also involves support raising, newsletter communication, cultural and language training, project management, coordination with regional staff, and travel of up to 20%.

Supports international mission operations through budgeting, financial analysis, accounts payable, grant monitoring, accounting system management, and financial training. The role also develops newsletters, supports missionaries, coordinates regional resources, assists with projects, and works across diverse cultural environments. It requires church membership, accounting or business education, strong communication and analytical skills, Microsoft Office proficiency, willingness to learn Spanish, and travel of up to 20%.

Leads the LCMS Religious Liberty and Civic Life ministry as its primary Washington, D.C. representative. The Executive Director advocates on marriage, sanctity of life, and religious liberty; develops educational and communication resources; builds coalitions with policymakers, faith leaders, media, and advocacy organizations; speaks publicly; supervises staff; and leads fundraising efforts.

Manage and oversee payroll operations for multiple entities (domestic and international), ensure tax and regulatory compliance, maintain payroll accounting and reconciliations, lead payroll staff, manage payroll systems and vendors, support audits and reporting, and collaborate with HR and accounting stakeholders.

Lead and implement strategies to cultivate and secure major transformational gifts, supervise Transformative Giving staff, collaborate with MADV leadership, develop budgets, steward high-capacity donors, recruit and mentor team members, and represent the Synod to internal and external stakeholders to expand mission funding.

Provide regional financial and operational leadership: prepare and manage multi‑year budgets, develop reporting tools, manage regional accounting systems and assets, support regional director and partners, train staff, ensure compliance, and enable program implementation. Travel up to 20%.

Manage and oversee translation projects and missionary support activities: develop translation roadmaps, secure permissions, identify and manage translators and contracts, coordinate deadlines and distribution, support cross-cultural ministry training and sustainability planning, maintain donor communication, and collaborate with regional leadership to implement strategy.

Manage translation projects for theological materials: develop roadmaps, secure permissions, identify and contract translators, manage deadlines, oversee distribution, and support partner churches' sustainability. Coordinate missionary support-raising, language acquisition plans, and collaborate with regional leadership and LCMS communications. Travel extensively, work cross-culturally, and demonstrate confessional Lutheran theology in disciple-making and leadership.

Develop and manage regional communications for LCMS International Mission in Asia: raise support, produce monthly newsletters, cover events (photo/video), draft and edit articles, create presentation materials, ensure brand-aligned messaging, support donor reporting, complete missionary training and language acquisition, and collaborate with LCMS Communications. Travel up to 25%.

Provide regional leadership for LCMS mission work in Asia: develop and manage witness and mercy ministries, oversee regional staff and missionaries, ensure theological and financial integrity, build partnerships, manage regional budget, advise Synod leadership, and represent the LCMS in inter-church relations.

Support regional financial and administrative operations for LCMS missions in Africa: assist with budgeting, reporting, financial leadership and training, support-raising, language and missionary training, oversight of local finances, compliance, and coordination with regional and IC teams.

Provide regional financial and operational leadership across Africa: develop and manage multi-year budgets, oversee regional accounting systems and custody of funds, implement reporting tools, support program/project management, train personnel, manage regional properties, collaborate with US staff and partners, and travel up to 20%.

Serve as regional communications lead for Latin America: build support networks, produce newsletters and multimedia content, report mission activity, support field presentations, edit and brand communications, assist project reporting, and participate in missionary training and language acquisition. Travel up to 25%.

Provide strategic leadership for LCMS School Ministry: develop resources and programs (NLSA, LSCS, SLED), manage budget and staff, coordinate with districts and partners, expand networks via events and training, collect and report school data, and promote Lutheran education.

Make daily telephone contact with donors, prospects, congregations and clergy to solicit and acknowledge gifts, answer inquiries, update donor records, log interactions, and escalate issues to supervisory staff.