Advocacy

Help us to continue working for a lasting peace with justice in the Holy Land.

How & Why We Do Advocacy - Check out this statement put out by the ELCA's Washington Offices on the ELCA engages in Advocacy.

The 1999 ELCA Churchwide Assembly committed this church to work with other churches and organizations to build a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence through 2010. Learn more about the Decade for a Culture of Nonviolence, which originated from the work of twenty Nobel Peace Laureates, including Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, Desmond Tutu, and the Dalai Lama.

Karin Brown's Reflections - Check out the reflections of an ELCA member who recently completed a stint as an Ecumenical Accompanier in Israel-Palestine.

Read about ways in which the ELCA’s accompaniment of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land leads to advocacy: Accompaniment to Advocacy 2008.