Resources and Site Guide:
Advocacy and Outreach

New congregations, global mission, companion synods, relief organizations, rural outreach, and more.

Differently-Abled, Inclusion Of
God's love calls us to press on "Toward the Goal" of full inclusion. Click this link to order this helpful resource.

ELCA Advocacy Ministries
The ELCA considers advocacy to be part of its mission. Learn more, and join the ELCA Advocacy Network here.

ELCA Disaster Response
Following a major disaster in some area of the world, the ELCA, through its international companions, seeks to minister to the urgent needs of those who have suffered. Funds are used for restoration of life and structures damaged or destroyed by major disasters such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, famine, and political and/or military conflict.

ELCA Social Statements
Social statements are social policy documents, adopted by the ELCA Churchwide Assembly, addressing significant social issues.

Fair Trade - Lutheran World Relief
By supporting fair trade, we make choices in line with our religious beliefs and affirm human dignity by promoting fair wages, children's rights, women's rights, the right to organize, environmental rights, and indigenous rights.

Good Earth Village
ELCA Bible camp in Spring Valley, MN

Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota
Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota, in response to God's love, seeks to engage all people of faith in the promotion of public policy that supports peace, justice and care for all of God's creation.

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS)
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota expresses the love of Christ for all people through acts of service. LSS is one of Minnesota's largest statewide, non-profit charitable organizations, serving in 300 communities with over 2,300 employees.

• LSS Adoption Information

Lutheran World Federation
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global communion of Christian churches in the Lutheran tradition. Founded in 1947 in Lund, Sweden, the LWF now has 138 member churches in 77 countries all over the world representing nearly 66 million Christians.

• North American Office

Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
Lutheran World Relief works with partners in 50 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover from disasters. With people in the U.S., we work for justice for those we serve.

Minnesota Council of Churches
The Minnesota Council of Churches is a community of communions who confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. As such, it seeks to manifest within the State of Minnesota the unity of the Church in Christ. Relying on the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, the Council works to bring its members into life-giving fellowship and into common witness, study and action to the glory of God and in service to all creation.

SharingFaith.org
An ELCA web site targeted at the unchurched

Web Site Tips
Tips for building a congregation's web site.