Young Adult Ministry Partners

The LWF Youth Program empowers and supports youth leaders across the communion and works with the member churches to include youth more fully in leadership as well.

Lutheran Outdoor Ministries (LOM) is an association of outdoor ministry organizations reaching God’s children of all ages though summer camping programs, retreat opportunities, hospitality, team building activities, and partnership with congregations.

LVC is a community of faith that unites people to work for peace and justice. They pursue their mission by placing volunteers in full-time service positions at social-justice organizations for a year or semester.

Lutherans for Full Participation advocates for the full welcome, inclusion, and equity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA+) Lutherans in all aspects of the life of their Church, congregations, and community.

Lutherans Restoring Creation is a grassroots movement promoting care for creation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. They accomplish this by cultivating a community of dedicated stewards of earth and neighbor who proclaim God’s promise of hope and healing for all.

Connecting faith-rooted organizers and congregations to learn from one another, refine their practice, and build collective power in their own communities.

The ELCA walks with more than 80 companion churches across the globe to participate in God's reconciling mission through proclamation and service.

Our ELCA seminaries are learning communities, seedbeds for a growing understanding of God, leadership formation, and spirituality.

The Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU) cultivates collaboration, champions vocation-driven learning, and amplifies the collective impact of our member institutions.

Chaplains’ work includes serving growing numbers of young adults in the military; people in federal prisons who are hungry for understanding, healing, family connections and reconciliation; and military members in medical centers who are dealing with trauma, injury and illness.

Sumud is the ELCA’s response to occupation and injustice in Palestine and Israel. Freed by the transformative life of Christ, the ELCA is committed to accompaniment, advocacy and awareness raising with partners in the Holy Land and in the U.S.

The Truth and Healing Movement provides opportunities to learn the true history and current realities of Indigenous people. It is these truths, truths that have been ignored by most for hundreds of years, that will bring healing for both Indigenous people and non-Indigenous people.

The Ministries of Diverse Cultures and Communities (MDCC) team equips the ELCA to live more fully into its call to be a diverse, inclusive and anti-racist church.

As Christians, our concerns run deep. When dignity, compassion, or justice are challenged, we can advocate together. The ELCA Advocacy Network connects us.

ELCA World Hunger walks alongside congregations across the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Lutheran churches worldwide and trusted partners. They accompany neighbors near and far. God provides daily bread; together we help ensure it reaches every table, with compassion, courage, and faithful action.