Lutheran Advocacy Ministry
Advocacy means “to speak or plead on behalf of another.” Lutherans understand advocacy, quite simply, as a way to love our neighbor and to do justice in society.
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-New Mexico
Immigration and Border Ministry
"We in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America minister with the most vulnerable of the newcomers through congregations and the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS). Where possible, we work ecumenically. Our ministry resettles refugees, advocates on behalf of detained asylum seekers, assists unaccompanied children, offers pastoral and legal counsel to persons without legal status, aides persons with the citizenship process, and helps newcomers learn to live in a new country." - ELCA social message on immigration (1998)
ACT4RMS
ACT4RMS was birthed from Rocky Mountain Synod leaders who attended the National Council of Churches rally to end racism. This team is working toward anti-racism in this synod while equipping and accompanying leaders in their work of anti-racism.
On The Road to Beloved Community Project
Living Faith Conversation Guide
Our social context and political system are in dire need of examples of how to undertake respectful, healthy, and holistic conversations about major issues. The church, too, is ever in need of refreshing its own understanding of how to have these discussions in a way that doesn’t divide, but instead builds up, the body of Christ. This new series lifts up the educational and devotional power of the body of theological teaching in our ELCA Social Statements. Living Faith: Church in Society will be a revitalized curriculum to offer current and insightful perspective on seven of our Social Statements, with rich resources to help anyone in a ministry setting lead a teaching and discussion series about them.