About us

On December 1, 2018, members of several Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) congregations, including lay persons and pastors, met at Grace Lutheran in hope of launching mission work to the New American communities of Atlanta.   We agreed that our goals were to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in ways consistent with the Holy Scriptures and the Confessional Documents of the LCMS.   Our hope is to connect people to Word and Sacrament ministry through developing relationships between members of LCMS congregations and the various ethnic and international communities of Atlanta. 

We decided on the name "All Nations Society of Atlanta (ANSA)" to reflect our goals and mission.  

• All Nations:  We keep in mind the cosmological view of the mission of God through Christ and his Church through the work of the Holy Spirit to bring people from all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongue. 
• Society:  This mission society is a fellowship led and directed by members of LCMS congregations and by LCMS pastors. Our hope is to be faithful to the call of Christ to go and make disciples of all nations by baptizing and teaching. We hope to establish loving relationships through human care and kindness while winsomely sharing our hope of eternal life found in the mercy of God in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Atlanta:  Here the cosmological view is focused on our local community. Throughout the Atlanta Metropolitan area we see people from many nations gathered for various reasons. There are those who have come here fleeing troubles and persecution, those who have come here in hopes of a new or better life, and those who have come for other reasons. Our hope is to seek out and serve those who have gathered in our community from around the world with the hope of them hearing the gospel and confessing Christ as Lord. 

From this moment, the ANSA mission was born. Beginning with simple acts of mercy and with prayers, members of LCMS congregations began to familiarize themselves with the New American community in Clarkston, Georgia. The hope of the mission society was not to be another social service organization, but to create meaningful and lasting relationships between our churches and the New American community founded on the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Through the years our service has varied. From helping with lawn work and offering English conversation partners, to helping with food insecurity, distributing first aid kits and dental kits, to providing laptops to students during the Covid-19 pandemic, ANSA has always sought to answer any need that might arise among our friends in Clarkston. 

Today, ANSA continues to seek out ways to show the love of Christ in works of mercy as we plant a congregation in Clarkston. With a regular attendance of around fifteen people we are hoping to call full-time church workers to our staff to provide ongoing Word and Sacrament ministry in Clarkston.  

ANSA conducted a survey in June 2021 to learn about the needs, problems and solutions related to the daily-life experience of immigrants and refugees living in Clarkston. Based on the outcome of this survey, our ministry team has felt called by God to respond to the overdue need for reaching out to multi-cultural communities in the Atlanta region.   

The four pillars of our ministry include:

1. Disciple-making (Mathew 28:19-20); 
2. Caring (Matthew 25:35-40); 
3. Empowerment (Deuteronomy 31:6); and 
4. Faith-sharing (Psalm 96:2-3). 

 For the next three years, ANSA will focus on the following: 

1. Connecting immigrants and refugees with Jesus through Prayer, the Word, and Sacraments.
2. Cultivating relationship with immigrants and refugees to build a sense of community and share the Good News of Jesus Christ with family, friends, and relatives.
3. Providing support and care to immigrants and refugees to address daily spiritual and social issues and to help them move from merely surviving to thriving. 
4. Enhancing the potential of the second and successive generations to succeed in assimilating into American life and serving the Lord.