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INTRODUCTION TO THE DRAFT AND COMMENT PROCESS:
This Draft of a Social Statement on Civic Life and Faith is not an official or final word of our church.
Rather, it is intended for comment, and you are invited to join in this exercise in discernment.
There is an online survey and there will be hearings during 2024 within synods for those who are interested.
This Draft is the result of three years of study by the ELCA Task Force for Studies on Civic Life and Faith.
Members of the task force have worked diligently to provide this Draft as a test case for your response.
It is shared in this spirit of discernment.
To share your feedback with the task force, go to
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NCTT8ZV.
For information on mailing in a paper survey, go to ELCA.org/civicsandfaith.
Your feedback is welcomed through September 30, 2024. The task force will then edit the draft in light of the public input. It goes to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in 2025 for consideration. If adopted by a 2/3’s margin, the social statement will become official social teaching of this church. As such it will govern church teaching, policies, and ministries. It will also serve as a discernment tool for ELCA members as they think about civic life.
May God's Spirit that seeks the well-being of all in civic life guide you in your reading, reflection, and response.
Rev. Roger A. Willer, PhD Director for Theological Ethics
Rev. Dr. Laurie Skow-Anderson
Bishop Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, ELCA
lskow-anderson@nwswi.org
715-651-1658
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