ELCA Advocacy

The Nativity story is challenging to wrestle with at times. Often we describe a peaceful birth scene, in a manger, in the little town of Bethlehem. The promised savior is born and greeted by an awesome host of angels, shepherds...

This Advent season is an opportunity to reflect on what faithful advocacy means. Join the ELCA Advocacy in our Advent Devotions Series. Please share with friends and family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4w7cPM-Wjo&feature=youtu.be This week’s devotional is given by Ruth Ivory-Moore. She works at ELCA...

This Advent season is an opportunity to reflect on what faithful advocacy means. Join the ELCA Advocacy in our Advent Devotions Series. Please share with friends and family. https://youtu.be/odxWPzTN5k4 This weeks devotional is given by Alaide Vilchis Ibarra. She works at...

Lutherans are taking action across the country! Below you will find our monthly State Advocacy Newsletter. Share with your friends! A Message from the Rev. Stephen P. Bouman, ELCA Executive Director for Domestic Mission On the 15th anniversary of 9-11...

This Advent season is an opportunity to reflect on what faithful advocacy means. Join the ELCA Advocacy in our Advent Devotions Series. Please share with friends and family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctVKBHJ2o90 This weeks devotional is given by Mark Carlson. He works at Lutheran...

This Advent season is an opportunity to reflect on what faithful advocacy means. Join the ELCA Advocacy in our Advent Devotions Series. Please share with friends and family. This weeks devotional is given by Tammy Walhof. She works at Lutheran Advocacy...

By Christine Mangale, Lutheran Office for World Community, New York. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been sounding the alarm bells on the plight of refugees and migrants for some time to call attention to...

Ruth Ivory-Moore, Program Director Environment and Energy, traveled to COP22  in Marrakech, Morocco in November as world leaders meet to discuss implementation of the Paris Agreement that went into effect on November 4, 2016.  The first week she is supporting...

As part of the ELCA’s AMMPARO initiative, The Rev. Abraham Allende, bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod, and Alaide Vilchis Ibarra, ELCA assistant director for migration policy, will travel to the Mexico/Guatemala border to participate in the International Human Rights...

A message from The Rev. Amy Reumann, Director, ELCA Advocacy Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On Election Day and throughout this season, the #ELCAvotes initiative has encouraged Lutherans to live out our baptismal affirmation to “serve all people, following...