CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Elayne B. Lipp, Messiah Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, was recognized March 24 for being a strong advocate of cross-cultural mission. Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, presented her with its Race, Church and Change Award.
Lipp was honored for 15 years of leadership at Messiah Lutheran Church, where she led efforts to establish an after-school program and a community garden. The congregation is committed to outreach in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis, and it has sponsored refugees from Ethiopia and immigrants from Guatemala.
"Pastor Lipp's ministry with family and young people is an outstanding model for congregational leaders and seminary students who seek to be an agent of reconciliation and healing in any diverse community," said the Rev. Rod C. Maeker, director of cross-cultural education at Luther Seminary.
The seminary established the Race, Church and Change Award in 1989 as part of its mission "to educate men and women to serve the mission of the gospel of Jesus Christ in a world of many cultures."
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