Starting Points!

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Year of Rest

Learn more about rest.

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Candidacy

Are you feeling God’s call on your life?

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Bishop's Writings

Bishop Beaudoin postings.

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Call Process

Call process guidelines and resources

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Year End Ask

Imagining Renewal Microgrants

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SAM Information

Learn more about Synod Authorized Ministry (SAM)

Other places to start looking.

Who are we?

What do we believe?

Office of the Bishop

Mission

Congregations in Call Process

Synod Staff

Give Generously

Find a Church

Sent by the crucified and Risen Jesus to:

for the Renewal of Northwestern Ohio and the World

2024 NWOS Assembly

June 1, 2024

9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Bowling Green

Diakonia

Preparing people to be the Church of Tomorrow

Northwestern Ohio Synod

Welcome to the website for the Northwestern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We are 145 churches journeying together: strengthening, challenging and supporting one another as God leads us in living God’s mission with each other and the wo

Beacon of Hope

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

 -Matthew 5:14-16 NIV

“In Northwestern Ohio there are 1.5 million people who live in 24 counties. They are God’s people so they are our parishioners.”

~Bishop Daniel Beaudoin

Tanzania

Dear Friends in Christ,“Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God” (Luke 13:29). We are a part of a global church, drawn together by the Holy Spirit from east and west, from north and...

NWOS Seeks Director for Generosity

Director of Generosity, Northwestern Ohio Synod Please fill out all the required fields and attach your resume and cover letter below. While this position may remain posted longer, please apply by March 6, 2023, for best consideration. Please address the following in...

Welcome to the Year of Mission

Our focus this year will be on the Mission of God. God has a mission, and God’s mission has a church. In Scripture, we encounter the Triune God working to restore and renew all things. The Bible begins with creation and ends with the promise of a new creation. The...

Sanctuary Church Body: What does this mean for us today?

Dear Friends in Christ, When I was growing up, our neighbor to the south was Mr. Hans Christian Seng. He and his wife Mary operated a “mom and pop greenhouse”. They regularly brought us tomato and cucumber “starts” for our garden. After Mary died, and Hans grew older,...

Welcome to the website for the Northwestern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We are 145 churches journeying together: strengthening, challenging and supporting one another as God leads us in living God’s mission with each other and the world.