ELCA News Blog
March 28, 2007  

ELCA represented at Anglican conference on global poverty and HIV

The Rev. Callon W. Holloway, Jr., bishop of the Southern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), was one of three ELCA representatives at the "Towards Effective Anglican Mission" (TEAM) conference March 7-14 in Boksburg, South Africa. Billed as "an international conference on prophetic witness, social development, and HIV and AIDS," the conference aimed to enhance current initiatives in social outreach work to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

The conference consisted of worship, Bible study, workshops and plenary sessions, culminating in the development of 10 recommendations for dioceses and parishes of the Anglican Communion toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The Most Rev. Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, was a keynote speaker.

Holloway described the highlight of the conference as "the opportunity for networking and learning about how our full communion partners are approaching the Millennium Development Goals as we move forward together in God's mission." Kimberly C. Stietz, director for international policy, ELCA Washington Office, and the Rev. Philip J. Knutson, program assistant for Southern Africa, ELCA Global Mission, also participated in the conference.