Our Faithful Mission Together

Together We Are the Church (7/2/10)
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Our Faithful Mission Together: As members of the ELCA, we are sent to do God's work with our hands. We are called to engage in difficult conversations that sometimes reveal our differences.

Faithful Responses

Is the ELCA in a state of anxiety, or does it have a sense of urgency for mission?

ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson asked this question in 2002. But anxiety is only one of many responses open to faithful members and leaders of this church.

Find out:

What does it mean to be faithful?
Frequently Asked Questions on mission support, budget reductions
ELCA members and leaders' responses to 2009 Churchwide Assembly actions
Bishop Hanson's Open Letter to ELCA members (11/19/09)