Our Savior Lutheran Hmong Ministry worships in the Hmong language twice a month, on the 2nd and 4th Sundays, in the music room. The Hmong Ministry sponsors potlucks, conferences, and special events to promote the Gospel among the Hmong people in the US and abroad. Our Savior distributes Hmong bibles, hymnals, catechisms, and prayer books, and supports the Hmong Mission Society.
The Hmong are an ethnic group of people that date back to the 14th century. With their own culture and language, they live as a distinct people in areas of China, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand, without a home country of their own. There are about 12 million Hmong people worldwide. Their ancestral religion is animism, or “Way of the spirits.” Over 100,000 Hmong refugees came to the United States in the fallout of the Vietnam War, and that’s when Hmong Ministry at Our Savior began.
Our Savior welcomed the first Hmong refugee family in 1978 from Laos. Soon more families arrived, and many were 
brought to faith in Christ. Our Savior members helped these new arrivals find housing, jobs, and acclimation to the American way of life. Many of the children attended Our Savior Lutheran School. Pastor Zong Houa Yang served as the Hmong Ministry Pastor at Our Savior from 1981-2004. Rev. Dr. Lang Yang served from 2004 to 2025. Since the first family arrived, there have been over 385 Hmong people baptized into the Christian faith at Our Savior Lutheran. The Hmong Ministry has sponsored mission work in Alaska, the US, and Thailand. There are around 21 LCMS Hmong Ministries in the US with 20 ordained ministers. We praise God for the work of the Holy Spirit in bringing people of all nations to know and believe in Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
For information on the Hmong Ministry at Our Savior, contact Koua Vang, OSL Hmong Ministry President.
Hmong Ministry Partners