A panel of recent ELCA Fund for Leaders graduates reflects on their experiences of ministry as first-call pastors leading congregations during the challenging year that was 2020. During this virtual event, recorded Jan. 21, 2021, they shared their trials and triumphs as servant leaders navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, an uncertain economy and renewed cries for racial and social justice. The ELCA Fund for Leaders scholarship program supports students of tremendous promise attending ELCA seminaries. By making seminary more affordable, the ELCA Fund for Leaders enables more future ministers to go to seminary and helps them graduate with less debt, empowering those whom God calls into ministry to go and serve as the church needs and the Holy Spirit leads. Learn more at https://ELCA.org/FundforLeaders.
