Global Gift Priorities

Over 250 Global Gift projects currently are in need of funding. Support one of the following urgent needs or contact globalmissionsupport@elca.org for additional opportunities.

		Supporting global ministries is foundational to who we are as a congregation. Pastor David Hanson, Senior Pastor Roseville Lutheran Church, Roseville, Minnesota
A pastor from the Lutheran Church in Peru and a student look forward to the day they can build their church.

Projects in:    Africa | Asia | Europe and the Middle East | Latin America

Your global gifts help the people of Liberia receive health care at Phoebe Hospital and other venues.		Surgery resident Dr. Nesoah of Ngaoundere Protestant Hospital in Cameroon gives care to a patient who was shot in both legs.

Liberia motorcycles and helmets

This endeavor supports evangelism and the revitalization of the Liberian church by securing motorbikes and helmets for pastors and deacons to travel to more than 46 parishes on otherwise impassable roads.

Malawi Mobile Clinic and Orphan Feeding Program

Equipping more than 400,000 HIV/AIDS orphans to live healthy and restored lives, this mobile health program trains volunteers in nutrition basics, provides medical and emotional support and feeds malnourished children.

Zambia Church Buildings and Roofs

Providing funds for roofing and construction of new church buildings, this project allows the young Zambian Lutheran Church to minister to the 1700 members who have been baptized.

Further projects in need of support in Africa may be requested at globalmissionsupport@elca.org.

Many orphans and other children - pictured here at the Jingtang Village School in the poorest county in China - are empowered and cared for through ELCA global gift projects.

Chinese Orphans

Through the Amity Foundation, this program provides disabled and female orphans with “volunteer grandmas,” medical care, school sponsorships and foster care.

China Jing-Tang Schools

In partnership with the Sichaun Christian Council and the YWCA, this ministry replaces deteriorated student desks and chairs in the poorest county in Chengdu.

Further Asian projects in need of support may be requested globalmissionsupport@elca.org.

Refugees from Sudan and elsewhere fill Cairo but have few rights to work or live a basic existence.  St. Andrews' Refugee Service teaches children, adults and youth basic and vocational education.		Palestinian and American youth worked together to clean up the Lutheran World Federation grounds, including around Augusta Victoria Hospital, on the Holy Land Youth Mission trip.

Egypt - St. Andrew's Refugee Service

Training 1,200 adult refugees in business and conversational English, computer skills, and accounting, this work improves the opportunities for successful integration upon resettlement or repatriation. It also enables 170 refugee children to attend St. Andrew’s school.

Holy Land Youth Missions

Bringing American and Palestinian youth together to learn peace-building and justice-making skills and learn about one another's faith and lives invests in and develops youth from the ELCA and our companion church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.

Russian Food Sharing

A part of the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy, this ministry provides food bags and a safe haven twice a month to over 200 African students and refugees stranded in Moscow after the fall of Communism.

Further projects in need of support in Europe and the Middle East may be requested at globalmissionsupport@elca.org.

The Lutheran church in Guyana with ELCA missionary Dick Young and the pastor in training.		A day care center in Argentina brings hope and joy to its children.

Jamaica Sunbeam School for Boys

This home for boys and young men at risk in Jamaica provides proper nutrition, education, and social skills in a Christian atmosphere. Contributions support scholarships for 25 boys, sponsorship of a staff person and milk for each child.
 

Peru Church Building

This project helps the Peruvian Lutheran church build new church buildings where faith communities are growing: two congregations in Lima (Emaús and San Juan Camino de Esperanza) and one faith community in Cusco (Talitha Kum).

Further projects in need of support in Latin America may be requested at globalmissionsupport@elca.org.