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The Public Church
Abstract: ELCA produces a guide to civic participation.
The ELCA has published Called to be a Public Church, the 2008 ELCA Voting and Civic Participation Guide. The 76-page document is designed to encourage, empower, and equip Lutherans to engage responsibly in the 2008 election cycle. The guide is intended to encourage congregations to participate in voter registration drives, voter mobilization campaigns, and poll monitoring. The guide also contains nonpartisan briefs on issues related to the ELCA social statements:
Domestic Hunger
Domestic Housing
Domestic Healthcare
Global Poverty and Hunger
Global Warming
Immigration
Peace and Conflict (Iraq, Israel and Palestine, and Darfur)
The guide is available at no cost on the ELCA Advocacy web site at www.elca.org/advocacy/publicchurch.
