Today, Lutheran Hour Ministries produces Christian radio and TV programming for broadcast, as well as Internet and print communications, dramas, music, and outreach materials.
[4] During the spring of 1917, pastor E. H. Eggers of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Seymour, Indiana, urged Albert Andrew Henry (A.H.) Ahlbrand, a prominent member of the congregation, to write an outline of a business corporation for the synod.
With this thought in mind, a number of men, including Ahlbrand, met at the home of Fred Fritzlaff to discuss how to get rid of this debt.
These reports were then discussed with a view of encouraging every congregation to do its full part towards contributing to the Lord's Kingdom both at home and abroad.
The program saw some rocky times during the Great Depression of the 1930s, but persevered to grow listenership and financial support throughout the 20th century.
By the end of the 1940s, the income of the LLL had grown to $1.25 million, and The Lutheran Hour was being broadcast on more than 1,000 radio stations worldwide.
[6] Starting in the late 1940s, the LLL and the LCMS worked together to create and distribute a series of Christian drama films directed by Frank Strayer: Messenger of Peace (1947),[7] Reaching from Heaven (1948),[8] The Sickle or the Cross (1949),[9] and Venture of Faith (1951).
[10] In 1952, the LLL began handling the distribution of The Fisher Family, a new Christian drama series for television produced by the LCMS.
In addition to The Lutheran Hour, Lutheran Hour Ministries airs the Woman to Woman radio program, has ministry centers in more than 30 nations, offers witnessing training workshops, and has an interactive web site for children called JCPlayZone.