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1987
Churchwide Assembly (Columbus, Ohio)
Civil Matters — CA87.30.14
Social Statements — CA87.30.13
1989
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (Chicago, Illinois)
Ban of Military-Style Semi-Automatic Weapons — CA89.02.10
Central America — CA89.04.21
Central American Refugees — CA89.07.78
China — CA89.07.80
Domestic Violence — CA89.04.20
Environmental Concerns — CA89.08.108
Health Care — CA89.02.4
Housing and Homelessness — CA89.02.3
Israel and the Occupied Territories — CA89.08.114
Organ Donation — CA89.07.72
Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia — CA89.08.115
Racism — CA89.02.6
Rural Congregations — CA89.08.118
Sexual Harassment — CA89.04.18
Welfare — CA89.02.5
1991
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (Orlando, Florida)
AIDS Crisis, The — CA91.02.6
Conflict in the Middle East — CA91.06.33
Conscription and Conscience — CA91.07.66
Domestic Hunger, Poverty and Substandard Housing — CA91.07.115
Health and Human Resources — CA91.07.59
Human Sexuality / Homosexuality — CA91.07.51
Immigrants and Refugees — CA91.07.69
Liberia — CA91.07.74
Ministry to the Deaf Community — CA91.06.36
Ministry with Persons with Disabilities — CA91.07.101
Sexual Abuse and Harassment — CA91.07.52
U.S. Military Aid to El Salvador: Campaign of Prayer, Fasting, and Vigils — CA91.07.108
Workers Rights — CA91.06.35
1993
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (Kansas City, Missouri)
Community Violence / Gun Control — CA93.06.10
ELCA Deaf Community — CA93.08.107
Gay and Lesbian People in the Military — CA93.06.12
Human Sexuality / Homosexuality: Treatment of Gay and Lesbian People — CA93.03.4
Middle East — CA93.08.98
ELCA Church Council
Harassment, Assault, and Discrimination Due to Sexual Orientation — CC93.03.37
1995
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Advocacy with the U.S. Government / Aid to Cuba — CA95.07.63
African Development Foundation and Development Fund for Africa — CA95.07.66
Environment: Care of Creation — CA95.05.26a
Environment: Energy Audits — CA95.05.26b
Extremist Groups — CA95.03.5
Family Farms — CA95.05.44
Guatemala — CA95.03.7
Social Statements / Human Sexuality — CA95.06.59
Study of Human Sexuality — CA95.07.72
Study of Human Sexuality — CA95.07.73
U.S. Army School of the Americas — CA95.03.6
U.S. Election Campaign Finance Reform — CA95.07.67
Violence Against Women — CA95.07.62
Welcoming Gay and Lesbian People — CA95.06.50
ELCA Church Council
Abortion — CC95.11.79
1996
ELCA Church Council
Resolution on Jerusalem — CC96.04.12
Study Materials on Abortion — CC96.04.19d
1997
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Abortion — CA97.06.30
American Indian and Alaskan Native Strategic Plan — CA97.05.17
Campaign Jubilee 2000 — CA97.06.47
Fair Labor Practices / Employment — CA97.06.29
Landmines — CA97.02.3
Ordination of Openly Gay and Lesbian Persons — CA97.06.28
Religious Persecution — CA97.06.48
ELCA Church Council
Abortion — CC97.04.31
1998
ELCA Church Council
Farmers in Crisis — CC98.11.56
1999
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (Denver, Colorado)
Abortion — CA99.06.33
Boycott of South Carolina Due to the Use of the Confederate Flag — CA99.06.31
Economic Crisis in Rural America — CA99.03.09
Economic Justice — CA99.06.44
Educational Materials on Homosexuality — CA99.06.57
Immigration — CA99.06.45
Independent Sports Leagues — CA99.06.59
Jubilee 2000: USA Campaign — CA99.03.06
Military Expenditures — CA99.03.08
Mining — CA99.06.30
Older Adult Ministry — CA99.03.10
Ordination of Non-Celibate Gay and Lesbian Persons, The — CA99.06.27
Peace / Nonviolence — CA99.06.40
Persecution of Christians — CA99.03.07
Safe Haven for Children — CA99.03.03
Severe Drought — CA99.06.23
U.S. Navy Operations in Vieques, Puerto Rico — CA99.06.42
United States War Matériel — CA99.06.41
Use of Lutheran World Relief Coffee — CA99.03.04
Workfare (Work Programs) — CA99.06.43
Youth Violence — CA99.03.05
ELCA Church Council
Decade of Nonviolence and World Peace, The — CC99.04.43a.3
2000
ELCA Church Council
Resolution on Conflict in the Middle East — CC00.11.70
Response to Saint Paul Area Synod Council Resolution on "Vision and Expectations" — CC00.11.67
School Vouchers — CC00.04.13
2001
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Abortion — CA01.06.44
Accessibility Sunday — CA01.07.70
Asylum Seekers and Refugees — CA01.07.61
Birmingham Pledge — CA01.02.07
Braille and Tape Ministry — CA01.07.73
Congressional Voting Representation for the District of Columbia — CA01.07.62
Deaf Ministry — CA01.07.71
Definition and Blessing of Committed Same-Gender Relationships, The — CA01.06.28
Economic Sanctions Against Iraq and Cuba — CA01.06.37
Family Farm, The — CA01.05.21
Foot and Mouth Disease — CA01.07.79
Global Warming — CA01.07.57
Healthcare Policy — CA01.02.08
Israeli-Palestinian Relations — CA01.05.19
Late-term Abortions — CA01.06.43
Older Adult Ministry — CA01.07.72
Ordination of Gay and Lesbian Persons — CA01.06.36
Peace — CA01.07.60
Racial Hate Crimes — CA01.07.58
Social Policy Resolution on School Voucher Proposals — CA01.06.26
Social Statement on Education — CA01.06.40
Social Statement on Human Sexuality — CA01.06.45
Stand with Africa — CA01.07.55
Support for the Haitian People — CA01.07.56
Support for the People of Vieques, Puerto Rico — CA01.02.06
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families — CA01.07.59
World Hunger Appeal and Program, and Stand with Africa, Report — CA01.06.27
ELCA Church Council
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and Palestine — CC01.04.22
Commercial Sexual Exploitation — CC01.11.101
Studies on Sexuality — CC01.11.103
2002
ELCA Church Council
Anti-Racism — CC02.11.52
Education Social Statement — CC02.04.08
Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act — CC02.11.61
Iraq — CC02.11.65
Liberia, Madagascar, and Zimbabwe — CC02.04.15
Middle East Prayer Vigil — CC02.04.09
Moratorium on Death Penalty — CC02.04.25a
Palestine and Support for the Church — CC02.04.02
Refugees — CC02.04.11
Studies on Sexuality — CC02.04.10
2003
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Appeal for Human Rights in Laos — CA03.06.30
ELCA Studies on Sexuality Timeline — CA03.06.27
Faith and Science Ministry — CA03.06.56
Gambling — CA03.06.43
Haiti Solidarity Week — CA03.06.42
Human Services Funding — CA03.06.39
Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers — CA03.05.10
Nonviolence — CA03.06.47
Organ and Tissue Donation — CA03.06.44
Pastoral Care for Gay and Lesbian People — CA03.05.11
Peace in the Holy Land — CA03.02.07
Prison Reform — CA03.06.41
Requests for Consideration by the ELCA Studies on Sexuality Task Force — CA03.06.52
Response to Denial of Visas to Delegates to the 2003 Lutheran World Federation Assembly — CA03.06.29
Support for "People of Faith: An Urgent Call" — CA03.06.46
Support for Lutheran Ministries in Palestine — CA03.04.09
Support for Persecuted Churches — CA03.06.40
Working Against Racism — CA03.06.22
ELCA Church Council
Health Care Social Statement — CC03.04.11
Health Care Social Statement — CC03.04.12
Military Action on the Island of Vieques — CC03.04.27r
Review of Procedures for Social Statements — CC03.04.13
2004
ELCA Church Council
Donation of Organs, Tissue, and Whole Blood — CC04.04.14
Separation Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories — CC04.04.21
Medicare and Health Care — CC04.04.23d
Caring for Creation — CC04.04.32
Liberia — CC04.04.33
Separation Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories — CC04.04.42
Policies and Procedures of the ELCA for Addressing Social Concerns — CC04.11.56
Genetically Modified Organisms in the Food Supply — CC04.11.57
Gambella, Ethiopia — CC04.11.68s
2005
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (Orlando, Florida)
Caring for Creation — CA05.07.39
ELCA Engagement in Israel and Palestine — CA05.06.23
HIV and AIDS Education — CA05.06.29
Opposition to the War in Iraq — CA05.07.39
Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Immigrants — CA05.06.26
Sexuality and Church Unity ELCA Studies on Sexuality Recommendation I — CA05.05.17
Sexuality and Pastoral Ministry ELCA Studies on Sexuality Recommendation II — CA05.05.18
Social Statement on Bioethical Research — CA05.06.25
ELCA Church Council
Ending World Hunger — CC05.04.35f
For Peace in Iraq — CC05.04.35e
Separation Wall in Palestine — CC05.04.19
Sex Slaves — CC05.11.76b
Social Statement on Sexuality — CC05.04.20
2006
ELCA Church Council
National School Violence Campaign — CC06.04.19i
Study Materials on Abortion — CC06.04.19d
2007
ELCA Church Council
Sponsorship of Legal Gaming by American Indian Tribes, The — CC07.11.77
2009
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Funding of the HIV and AIDS Strategy — CA09.03.08
Lutheran Malaria Initiative — CA09.02.06
Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust — CA09.03.13
Proposed Social Statement on Justice for Women — CA09.06.31
Health Care Reform — CA09.04.18
Lutheran Disaster Response — CA09.04.21
Report of the Memorials Committee — CA09.03.09
Comprehensive Immigration Reform — CA09.03.11
Strategy for Engagement in Israel and Palestine — CA09.06.36
Proposed Social Statement on Human Disability — CA09.06.37
ELCA Church Council
Toward Compassionate, Just, and Wise Immigration Reform — CC09.11.71