There are 280 congregations in the Northwestern Minnesota Synod.  (Visit some of the Church Home Pages.)

The NWMN Synod is ranked second in the ELCA for congregational support of Missionaries and World Hunger programs.

Since ninety percent of all Lutheran students are attending state colleges, we reach out to them through support to Lutheran Campus Ministries of Minnesota. ($67,355)

We help to provide continuing education for both clergy and lay people through CHARIS, an excellent ecumenical center for church and community, located at Concordia College in Moorhead. ($10,344)

Through our support of Lutheran Higher Education, we help prepare students for lives of leadership and service at twelve ELCA colleges. ($44,000)

We give strong support to Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, helping to provide for our synod's future pastors and associates in ministry, as well as serving the whole Church. ($111,440)

Through our support of the Minnesota Council of Churches we participate in training events for pastors and other church leaders, rural ministry events, education, and expressions of unity with sister church bodies. ($36,000)

We provide support to Oak Grove Lutheran High School in Fargo, the only Lutheran High School in our area.  ($3,220)

We provide support for ministries at Goodridge Lutheran Church, Goodridge, and the Fargo-Moorhead Native American Christian Ministry.  ($19,600)

Through boards and committees, we serve congregations in the areas of candidacy, evangelism, stewardship, worship, hunger and justice concerns, global mission, rural ministry, youth and family ministries, social ministries and outreach. ($16,793)

Of the mission support monies given to the Northwestern Minnesota Synod, 51 percent goes to ELCA Churchwide.

The NWMN Synod provides support to the Coalition for Public Policy, Board of Social Ministry, Ecumenical and Cultural Institute, Joint Committee on Addictions, Region 3 Camping Network, and Twin Ports Ministry to Seafarers.  ($14,721)

We provide seminary debt relief for newly graduated pastors called to serve in the Northwestern Minnesota Synod through our Sustaining Rural Ministry Program.  This program allows for donations to the current expense fund or the endowment fund.

We have a sister synod relationship with the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church in India.