Current Policy
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) currently is working on developing a social statement of its own on human sexuality, but since this statement has not yet been adopted this church relies on the social statements of its predecessor church bodies. In the light of those social statements, the ELCA has spoken on certain topics on which there is general consensus in the ELCA in the message "
Sexuality: Some Common Convictions" (1996). This message covers such things as: single adults, marriage, responsible procreation and parenting, the ending of a marriage, and some misuses of sexuality. The message does not include a discussion of homosexuality because this is a subject of ongoing discussion in the ELCA.