February 2026

The February WELS Connection high-lights the Congregational Partner Grant Program, a grogram in which MLC, New Ulm, Minn., matches grants that congregations designated for their members who attend MLC to train to be full-time called workers in WELS. On the pages of FIC this month, Charles Vannieuwenhoven shares some of his top priorities as he begins has call as the new administrator of the Board for Ministerial Education.