The Lutheran Hour® which began in 1930, is the world's longest-running, Christian outreach radio program. It proclaims the message of Jesus Christ to more than 800,000 people each week over 1300 radio stations across North America. It is also broadcast on the American Forces Network to reach military personnel and their families around the world.

Lutheran Hour Speakers

Dr. Andrew Melendez  

Spanish Lutheran Hour Speaker, 1941-1972

Dr. Andrew Melendez, a native of Puerto Rico, brought the Gospel to the Spanish speaking world through The Lutheran Hour. He was named Spanish Lutheran Hour speaker in 1941, and for the succeeding thirty-one years his voice was heard throughout Latin America, Spain, and cities in the United States with Spanish-language radio stations. Melendez was instrumental in launching the Spanish magazine Noticiero Luterano (Lutheran Witness), and was editor of Spanish literature for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

Melendez' messages, delivered on the Spanish Lutheran Hour, urged its listeners to be sensitive to God's mission. Dr. Melendez spoke in a different language to people of a different culture, but the call of Christ remains the same.