CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
is "heartbreaking and infuriating," wrote the Rev. Mark S. Hanson,
presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
Although the spill causes deep sorrow, all who care for the earth and
work for its restoration can be confident that they are not pursuing a
lost cause, he wrote in a June 28 pastoral letter to the 4.6 million-member ELCA.
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
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Candice Hill Buchbinder
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