About Giving to the ELCA
Your gifts sustain people, congregations, synods, and ministries worldwide, turning a hope-filled future into action. From caring for disaster survivors, to empowering girls to attend school, to forming young leaders, this work is possible because of generous people like you.
When you give to the ELCA churchwide organization, you help more people experience the difference God’s grace and love in Christ make for all people and creation.
A portion of each offering, about 5% on average, becomes Mission Support when your congregation shares with your synod. Synods then share a portion with the ELCA churchwide organization. Through Mission Support, our hands do God’s work in more places than any one of us could alone.
Your Generosity Becomes Empowerment, Inspiration and Relief
ELCA Good Gifts offers many ways to honor friends and loved ones with gifts that will make a difference in the world. With more than 60 giving options – from 10 little chicks to help a family escape poverty to a scholarship to help a young leader attend an ELCA seminary – there’s something for everyone on your list.
There are many ways you can help us respond to crises and disasters in the United States and around the world with immediate relief and continued support.
Our church and ministries depend on your ongoing gifts to fight hunger and poverty, respond to emergencies, build communities, train new leaders and much more.
Ways to Give
Gain access to specialized information about the ministries you are passionate about, with regular updates from ELCA directors.