A social statement on faith and civic life has been adopted by the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. To read the adopted text and learn more about the social statement process, please go to elca.org/civicsandfaith. If you have questions, please email us here.
The ELCA is currently developing a social message on child protection, which will be considered by the ELCA Church Council this fall. If you have questions, email here.
Human Sexuality Reconsiderations
After a seven-year process of discernment and dialogue across the ELCA, the 2009 Churchwide Assembly voted to adopt Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust as a social statement of the ELCA. In 2022, the Churchwide Assembly authorized two reconsiderations (see pages 4-5 and 11) of the social statement. The first reconsideration has been adopted by the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. To learn more about the process and its timeline, click here.
