From 2018 to 2021, she served as director for justice for Women of the ELCA, where she developed resources and learning opportunities on human trafficking, domestic violence, immigration and racial justice.…
Gender-based Violence. Gender-based Violence. 2015. The social message on “Gender-based Violence” seeks to raise awareness about the growing level of gender-based violence in U.S. Society.…
ELCA Gender Justice and Women's Empowerment collaborates with people across the church and globally to address patriarchy and sexism, which lead to gender. in. justices such as domestic violence or unequal pay.…
A Message from Bishop Eaton on Political Violence. A Message from Bishop Eaton on Political Violence. September 11, 2025. As presiding bishop of this church, I want to address yesterday’s shooting in Utah.…
Community Violence. Community Violence. 1994. While adopted in 1994, the social message on “Community Violence” remains sadly relevant today. The message speaks about the causes of violence as complex and pervasive, and of how violence breeds violence.…
As students prepared for finals yesterday at Brown University, they found themselves a part of the ever-increasing epidemic of gun violence in the U.S. and globally.…
Gun-Related Violence. Gun-Related Violence. 2024. The ELCA has adopted a social message about gun-related violence and trauma.…
Domestic Approach. Confronting Poverty and Hunger. ELCA World Hunger works in 60+ countries through deep partnerships with global companion churches. Local partners know their context, identify needs, and shape responses.…
As the ELCA, we have rejected antisemitism and incitement to violence and pledged ourselves to oppose the anti-Jewish bigotry and hatred. (A Declaration of the ELCA to the Jewish Community, 1994.).…
Alongside our siblings in Christ in Minneapolis and throughout Minnesota and all who have been impacted by aggressive immigration enforcement and violence by federal law enforcement agents, I mourn the shocking shooting death of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration…