God's Work through Our Hands

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We are a church that shares a living, daring confidence in God's grace.

What does it mean to be a confident church?

As members of the ECLA our faith in a loving God frees us to be bold and courageous, open to the Holy Spirit's invitation to be active in the world.

Mission Support -- the portion of our regular offerings that our congregations share with synods and the churchwide organization -- unites us in this vital, life-giving work. Mission Support makes it possible for ELCA members from Alaska to the Caribbean to be responsive as one church to exciting new opportunities for ministry.

Most of the revenue for churchwide ministries come from Mission Support. It continues to be the core source of income for the work of the larger ELCA. Your generosity makes this possible.

		CONGREGATIONS $1.7 billion or 94.3 percent remained in congregations to fund local ministries
		SYNODS $52.2 million or 2.9 percent was shared to support ministries through synods
		CHURCHWIDE MINISTRIES $50.4 million or 2.8 percent was sent from synods to support churchwide ministries