The ELCA adopted Sufficient Sustainable Livelihood for All by a more than two-thirds majority vote (872-124) at its sixth Churchwide Assembly on August 20, 1999.  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.

• Domestic Hunger, Housing, Healthcare, and Global Poverty Issue Briefs Available in "Called To Be a Public Church: 2008 ELCA Voting and Civic Participation Guide"
  NOVEMBER 6, 2007
  ELCA WASHINGTON OFFICE
   
• Statement of the Religious Working Group on Water
  AUGUST 9, 2007
   
• 2007 U.S. Farm Bill Background and Resources
   
• Letter to Members of Congress Urging Minimum Wage Increase
  OCTOBER 31, 2006
  ELCA WASHINGTON OFFICE
  Read the ELCA News story
   
• Poverty Rate Unchanged Despite Economic Recovery
  AUGUST 29, 2006
  ELCA WASHINGTON OFFICE
   
• 10-Year Anniversary of Welfare Reform Act of 1996
  Testimony by Bishop E. Roy Riley Jr. to the
  House Ways and Means Committee (JULY 19, 2006)
  ELCA News story on Bishop Riley's Testimony(JULY 20, 2006)
  Letter From Denominational Leaders to Members of Congress (JULY 19, 2006)
   
• Corporate Social Responsibility Issue Paper:
  Sufficient, Sustainable Livelihood for All: Sustainability
  NOVEMBER 2003
  CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
   
• Corporate Social Responsibility Issue Paper:
  Sufficient, Sustainable Livelihood for All: Domestic Access
  NOVEMBER 2003
  CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
   
• Federal Budget Resources
   
• Taxes Resources