About Home Missions
Planting the Gospel
Who We Are
Planting Free, Living and Lutheran congregations.
The Home Missions Department serves as the church planting ministry of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations.
The AFLC family consists of about 270 congregations within the United States, as well as congregations in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, India and Uganda. Our fellowship is rooted in the 16th century Reformation, and shaped by revivals that swept across Scandinavia, and into America.
Our structure is simple. Each congregation is autonomous, joyfully submitting to God’s Word and Spirit, yet joined together to multiply our efforts. We link arms and work together to operate a Bible College and Seminary, send and support missionaries around the world, equip our youth at regional and national conferences, and plant churches together.
Our DNA
Our Leadership
PASTOR ANDY COYLE
HOME MISSIONS DIRECTOR
Pastor Andy Coyle serves as AFLC Home Missions Director, and also as Pastor of Shiloh Free Lutheran Church. Before planting Shiloh Church, Rapid City, SD in 2015, he previously served as a full-time missionary in Ukraine from 2011-2015, and in pastoral ministry from 2008-2011. He holds an M.Div. from the Association Free Lutheran Theological Seminary, Plymouth, MN, and a B.S. in Intercultural Studies from Northwestern University, St. Paul, MN. Pastor Andy and his wife, Monica, are so grateful for their six children, and they love doing life and ministry together.
Diane Brubakken
HOME MISSIONS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Originally from Hoople, ND, Diane currently lives in New Hope, MN. She holds a MA in Theological Studies from University of Northwestern – St. Paul, St, Paul, MN, and a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Trinity Lutheran College (formerly LBI Seattle). Diane enjoys reading, spending time with friends and exploring the outdoors. Prior to joining the Home Missions department, she spent 14 years working with the AFLC Parish Education department, and is looking forward to see what God has planned for her in this new role.
HOME MISSIONS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Home Missions Board of Directors serves under the authority of the AFLC Home Missions Corporation, which is accountable to the greater Association of Free Lutheran Congregations.
Dana Hagen– Chairman
Matthew Ballmann – Vice-Chair
Jonathan Langness – Secretary
Jeremy Zeltinger – Treasurer
Hans Tanner
Nicholas Schultz
John Greven