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Partners in Ministry We encourage you to check out the following sites belonging to our partners in ministry.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Web site for the ELCA churchwide organization. ELCA Lutheran Colleges The 28 colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have faith in your future. Click for an alphabetical listing of these schools. Click for a listing by state. ELCA Seminaries and Extension Centers The Theological Education department facilitate this church’s sponsorship, support, and provision for the oversight of its eight seminaries and two extension centers. Eastern Cluster more Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary Covenant Cluster more Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Trinity Lutheran Seminary Wartburg Theological Seminary Western Mission Cluster more Luther Seminary Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary ELCA Extension Centers The Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta Ecumenical, Full-Communion Partners with the ELCA The Episcopal Church in the USA - www.ecusa.org The Moravian Church - www.moravian.org The Presbyterian Church in the USA - www.pcusa.org The Reformed Church in America - www.rca.org The United Church of Christ - www.ucc.org The United Mthodist Church - www.umc.org	ELCA Syndications Augsburg Fortress Publishing arm of the ELCA
Social Ministry Bread for the World - www.bread.org Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian movement that seeks justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers. Bread for the World Institute - www.bread.org/about-us/institute Bread for the World Institute seeks justice for hungry people by engaging in research and education on policies related to hunger and development. ELCA Disaster Response - www.elca.org/disaster/ The ELCA is prepared to respond in dynamic ways to both domestic and international disasters. International Response During international disasters, the ELCA relies very heavily on its partnerships around the globe, providing financial aid to help trusted organizations best address the problems and minister to the people with which they are intimately familiar. Domestic Response During domestic disasters, the ELCA may take a more hands-on approach, both administering financial aid and by being physically present with Churchwide Domestic Disaster Response staff and the staff and volunteers of Lutheran Disaster Response (online at LDR.org). Domestic response also includes an array of partnerships in a variety of forms. Lutheran Social Services throughout America - www.lsss.org Lutheran Social Services provides help, healing and hope to children, elderly and the poor in the name of Jesus Christ. With your prayers and support, more than 35,000 children, elderly and poor will be served this year through Lutheran Social Services. Lutheran Social Services in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan - www.lsswis.org Lutheran Social Services (LSS) of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan is the social ministry arm of over 800 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregations in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Our mission is "Motivated by the compassion of Christ, we help people improve the quality of their lives." Lutheran World Relief - www.lwr.org Empowered by God's unconditional love in Jesus Christ, Lutheran World Relief envisions a world in which each person and every generation lives in justice, dignity, and peace. Lutheran World Relief works with partners in 35 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover from disasters. With people in the U.S., we work for justice for those we serve. Inter-Church Agencies Lutheran World Federation - www.lutheranworld.org The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global communion of Christian churches in the Lutheran tradition. Founded in 1947 in Lund, Sweden, the LWF now has 140 member churches in 78 countries all over the world representing 66.2 million Christians. National Council of Churches - www.ncccusa.org Since its founding in 1950, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA has been the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States. The NCC's member faith groups — from a wide spectrum of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, Evangelical, historic African American and Living Peace churches — include 45 million persons in more than 100,000 local congregations in communities across the nation. World Council of Churches - www.wcc-coe.org The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the broadest and most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity. Wisconsin Council of Churches - www.wichurches.org The Wisconsin Council of Churches is a community of Churches that proclaim the Triune God as revealed in Jesus Christ. Priorities for the Council during the next four years are theological education, prayer and spirituality, and the relationship of economic justice and nonviolence to Christian life and the mission of the Church. We pray and work together for the unity and renewal of the Church and the healing and reconciliation of the world. Insurance and Investment Thrivent Financial for Lutherans - www.thrivent.com Thrivent Financial for Lutherans exists to help its members achieve financial security and give back to their congregations, institutions and the broader community.

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