Campaign Jubilee 2000

ELCA Churchwide Assembly Action CA97.06.47

Passed by the 1997 Churchwide Assembly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Resolved
To affirm the concern expressed in the memorial of the Minneapolis Area Synod about the crushing debt burdens of many developing countries and the need for comprehensive international action to assist them to move to a position of sound economic growth and stability; and

To refer to the Division for Church in Society the matter of ELCA participation in Jubilee 2000 and instruct the division to bring a report and recommendation through its board to the November 1997 meeting of the Church Council.