The World Mission Prayer League (WMPL) is an American pan-Lutheran mission organization.
The World Mission Prayer League is a Lutheran community. Members are committed to the Christian community, the ministry of prayer, the pursuit of a simplified lifestyle, and proselytizing. WMPL (pronounced 'wimple') includes some 6,000 members across the United States and Canada, and serves in nineteen countries around the world. Approximately 120 serve as full-time workers in pioneering service and outreach ministries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, as well as the United States and Canada.
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