Jobs at The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

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.

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.

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.

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.

Serve as an on-field theological educator and occasional dean, teaching seminary courses, developing curriculum and local-language materials, supporting student formation, fundraising and donor communications, participating in language acquisition, traveling for conferences and training, and supporting seminary administration and partner relations under LCMS Office of International Mission.

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%.

Lead LCMS Mission Advancement to design and execute comprehensive fundraising strategy, grow sustainable donor bases and funding streams, supervise a 40+ member team, ensure ethical and doctrinal alignment, partner with Synod leadership and agencies, use KPIs and CRM/accounting systems to drive results, and cultivate long-term constituent relationships.

Serve as a seminary-level theological educator: teach courses, develop curriculum and local-language materials, mentor students, support seminary administration, preach/offer sacraments if authorized, build missionary support networks, communicate with donors and supporters, participate in language training, travel for conferences and intensives, and assist in fundraising and partner relations.

Process and organize archival materials for CHI: arrange documents into folders/boxes, enter accurate metadata into ArchivesSpace, photocopy unstable papers, create labels, identify duplicates, and move processed items to permanent locations. Reports to the Archive and Library Manager.

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 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.

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 Church Relations business operations: purchasing, payments, contracts, budgeting, and p-card reconciliation. Plan and coordinate logistics for international and domestic meetings, events, and travel (including visas). Maintain partner files and information systems, update CR web content, prepare reports and budgets, manage calendars, respond to communications, and support leadership with research and special projects.

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.

Serve as an on-site theological educator and possible dean preaching and teaching in a seminary setting, develop curriculum and local-language materials, support student formation and partner relations, raise ministry support, engage in language acquisition and extensive cross-cultural travel, and communicate donor and partner updates to LCMS constituents.

Serve as an on-field theological educator: teach courses, develop curriculum and local-language materials, support seminary administration, raise and maintain ministry support, complete missionary training and language acquisition, travel for conferences and teaching, mentor students and support pastoral ministry, and communicate donor/project updates and newsletters.

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.

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%.