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The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod is based in Milwaukee. It has approximately 1,270 congregations in all 50 states, with a membership of about 400,000. It is the third largest Lutheran church body in the United States. It also supports foreign mission in more than a dozen countries around the world, including Japan, Taiwan, India, Zambia, Malawi, Cameroon, Brazil, Mexico, Grenada, Antiqua, St. Lucia, Russia, Bulgaria, and Nigeria.

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