Social Justice
Commemoration of the Emmanuel Nine 2024
Every year, the ELCA commemorates the Emmanuel Nine on June 17. The Emmanuel Nine are nine people who were shot and killed on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Our relationship to the shooter, as well as two of the slain, reminds us of
Juneteenth 2024
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, a time to gather in community and commemorate the official, announced end of slavery in the U.S., even if the history of oppression, racism, and anti-Black violence that characterized it are still part of our story in church and in the United States. As ELCA Lutherans set free in
Kindling Faith – “Faith, Sexism and Justice” with Dr. Mary Streufert and Heather Dean
Online WebinarJoin Kindling Faith for "Faith, Sexism and Justice" with Dr. Mary Streufert, Director, Gender Justice and Women's Empowerment, and Heather Dean, Program Coordinator, Theological Discernment, ELCA. The learning session will take place online via Zoom from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on September 24. Participation costs $20 per individual or $80 per congregation with no
Kindling Faith – “Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture” with Dr. Richard Perry
Online WebinarJoin Kindling Faith for "Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture" with Dr. Richard Perry, emeritus faculty, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. The learning session will take place online via Zoom from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on October 22. Participation costs $20 per individual or $80 per congregation with no limit to the
