How the ELCA Addresses Social Concerns
How social statements and messages are developed
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America addresses social concerns as a witness to God’s just and loving purpose for all of creation. It does this by equipping and nurturing members for their calling in the world, encouraging learning and moral deliberation around social concerns, developing and enacting social policy in the form of social statements, and interpreting and applying social policy.
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Policies and Procedures of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for Addressing Social Concerns" describes the purpose, character, development, and use of social statements, messages, social policy resolutions, and studies of social issues.
Faithful participation in society is integral and vital to the mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. - Policies and Procedures, p. 1