{"id":58,"date":"2011-05-04T12:02:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T17:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/?p=58"},"modified":"2011-05-04T12:02:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T17:02:32","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy – There’s a book or two to write"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dennis Frado directs the Lutheran Office for World Community based in New York City. The advocacy office monitors the work of the United Nations.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dennis Frado speaks at an event in conjunction with the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.<\/p><\/div>\n

Among the current staff of the ELCA engaged in advocacy I definitely qualify as a \u201cgray hair\u201d.\u00a0 Yes, the hair still left on my head is increasingly gray, but I\u2019m really talking about having done this kind of work off and on for the past thirty-five or so years.<\/p>\n

But the fact of the matter is Lutherans in the United States have been formally engaged in public policy advocacy since shortly after the Second World War II when the National Lutheran Council decided to establish an office in Washington, DC.\u00a0 The Rev. Dr. Robert E. van Deusen oversaw that work for more than 25 years before he retired in the mid-1970s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the years the \u201cOffice for Public Relations\u201d evolved from a stance of \u201ceyes and ears\u201d for the national Lutheran leadership to one of a more comprehensive public witness of the church to society as it carries out God\u2019s mission and ministry in this nation and the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Through this work, Lutheran leaders then, as today, have affirmed that \u201cThe witness of this church in society flows from its identity as a community that lives from and for the gospel. Faith is active in love; love calls for justice in the relationships and structures of society. It is in grateful response to God’s grace in Jesus Christ that this church carries out its responsibility for the well-being of society and the environment.\u201d (The Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective<\/a>).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why we are engaged in advocacy in Washington D.C., in state capitols, with corporations, and here with the United Nations.\u00a0 I am grateful for the privilege of serving our church in this way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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