{"id":200,"date":"2025-06-11T15:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disabilityministries\/?p=200"},"modified":"2025-06-11T15:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:11:01","slug":"disability-ministry-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disabilityministries\/disability-ministry-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability Ministry Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our churchwide organization\u2019s recently released\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elca.org\/about\/vision-and-purpose\/gods-love-made-real\">God\u2019s Love Made Real strategic recommendations report<\/a>, research from the Barna Group and Fuller Seminary suggests a path forward for the church to connect with new, young and diverse people in our communities. As the report was being compiled, it became clear that there were emerging gaps in how we understand, welcome, and include people with disabilities into a full life of participation in the church.<\/p>\n<p>That awareness drove the process of creating the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/resources.elca.org\/disability-ministry\/2025-elca-disability-ministries-report\/\">ELCA Disability Ministries Report<\/a>, completed in partnership with Datawise Consulting and our ELCA Research and Evaluation colleagues, and shared earlier this spring. 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