Resources
Events and resources that equip ELCA leaders for effective global engagement
Use this list to identify materials you can use to inform and equip yourself and your congregation about themes in global mission.
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Learning about global mission
Learning about accompaniment
© Ryan Spencer Reed
- Companion Synods Handbook. Strengthen or start a relationship; prepare for cross-cultural, faith-based international travel. Download now or order from GM.
- Welcoming Friends from Abroad: A Guidebook for Hospitality. Assistance in preparing for, organizing, and following up visits of friends from outside the U.S. Order from GM.
- Windows for Understanding: Jewish-Muslim-Lutheran Relations. A guide for interfaith discussion. Download now.
- Food for Life: Recipes and Stories on the Right to Food. Recipes, stories, and table blessings help you prepare global dishes for family or congregation—and lift up the work of the Lutheran World Federation. One-third of all ELCA World Hunger Appeal funds go directly to LWF projects that strengthen global food security around the world. Order from AF.
- ELCA Companion Profiles. Visit the Where We Work section of the Web site to learn about companion churches, their ministries and ELCA mission engagement, plus mission history, maps, recipes, crafts. ELCA Companion Profiles are the new versions of the former ELCA Country Packets.
Traveling faithfully, through companion relationships and short-term mission travel
Celebrating through worship and music
Praying with the world
- Prayer Ventures. A guide to daily prayer for ELCA global and outreach ministries.
Opening the world to children
Examining our own context
- The Values Americans Live By.
This article by Robert L. Kohls for visitors to North America helps us understand values that shape our worldview and that we bring to international, cross-cultural relationships. Type “Robert Kohls Values Americans Live By” into a search engine to find downloadable copies on the web.
- Sustaining Simplicity: A Journal. “What is necessary?....short reflections, photos, and bits of artwork [that] record her questions and challenges as she learns to live with less stuff—but more life and love. A funny and honest look at what a ‘good life’ is really about.” –Sojourners Magazine. Online discussion guide available for small-group discussions on our lifestyle choices. $12.00. Order from AF. Additional online resources are available.
Plenary speaker DVDs from recent Global Mission Events
Each DVD is approximately 2 hours long, including global music led by the GME music team. $5 each. Order from GM.
- Al Raja Folkloric Dance Troupe from Palestine, performance and testimonies
- Katrina Browne, producer of "Traces of the Trade," on her family's journey into its slave-trading past and present privilege
- Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson on how our identity as God’s guests in God’s creation influences how we live in the global Christian community
- Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson on “New Heaven, New Earth”
- Chinese artist Dr. He Qi discusses his art and faith
- Immaculée Ilibagiza, Left to Tell, on Rwanda
- Wahu Kaaru, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, on Millennium Development Goals and economic injustice
- Rev. Lisandro Orlov, UELC Argentina, and panel on HIV/AIDs ministry and Millennium Development Goals
- Rev. Lisandro Orlov, UELC Argentina, Bible study through the eyes of people marginalized by HIV and AIDs
- Rev. Rafael Malpica Padilla, ELCA Global Mission, on “God’s Work, Our Hands”
- Azur Riki and others on how the Mashiah Foundation's Women of Hope boldly talk about living with HIV and AIDs in Nigeria
- Priscilla Singh, Executive Secretary for Women, Lutheran World Federation and panel on water use around the world
- Dr. Parichart Suwanbubbha, Mahidol University, Thailand, on inter-religious dialogue as a tool for reducing community conflict and building peace
- Dr. Anton Tikhomirov, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia and Other States on ELCROS and its challenges today.
- Rev. Vitor Westhelle, Brazilian theologian, Bible study on “New Heaven, New Earth”
- Grace Wolf-Chase, Lutheran astronomer on “New Heaven, New Earth”
- Google Video. Many ELCA videos on global topics plus segments of previous Global Mission Events are posted online. Type "ELCA Global" into your search engine to view, e-mail, or download.
Understanding root causes of hunger
Appreciating global Lutheran perspectives
- The Lutheran World Federation, a Communion of Churches, gathers Lutheran theologians and scholars to reflect on Lutheran theology and practice. Areas of study include mission, Christian ethics, authority of the Scripture, worship, and other topics. Published by The Lutheran World Federation, these studies include contributors from churches in many countries and are distributed in the U.S. by Lutheran University Press.