Q&A with the Rev. Dr. Christian Tiews 
Tiews is an LCMS missionary to Germany, where he works primarily with Persian refugees. 

The Rev. Dr. Christian Tiews was 40 years old when he first truly heard the Gospel during a service connected to his daughter’s Lutheran day care in Tomball, Texas. He and his wife, Gudula (Lula), joined the church, and eventually he studied to become an LCMS pastor. After serving two congregations in Oklahoma, Christian and Lula embarked on a new phase as LCMS missionaries to Germany. It was a welcome return, since they both grew up there. Now, Lula serves as communications specialist for the LCMS Eurasia region, and Christian works with hundreds of Persian refugees who are interested in Christianity — he has personally baptized 50 of them — and teaches online courses for future pastors through Luther Academy, based in Riga, Latvia. 

What led you to become a missionary? 
A: I was thinking about retirement and possibly returning to Germany. I contacted the Office of International Mission and said I’d be interested in missionary work. Eleven months later, I touched down in Frankfurt, Germany. For the first six months, I served in Kaiserslautern [at an English-speaking congregation]. For the last four years, I’ve been in Hamburg. The wonderful thing about working with the Persians is that they are converts, just like I was. 

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