The ELCA social statement Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective was adopted by the Churchwide Assembly in 1995.

To learn more about the ways in which the ELCA does advocacy, and its relationship to the social statements of the church, explore "how and why the ELCA does advocacy" on this site.

• "Called To Be a Public Church: 2008 ELCA Voting and Civic Participation Guide" Now Available
  NOVEMBER 2007
  ELCA WASHINGTON OFFICE
   
• Our Calling as Citizens: Faithful, civic participation in public life
  APRIL 2004
  CHURCH IN SOCIETY,
  DEPARTMENT FOR STUDIES
   
• Archived Advocacy Resources available from the ELCA Washington Office related to Church and State
  ELCA WASHINGTON OFFICE