Predecessor Church Body Document Disclaimer
Please note: the document you are reading is one which was voted on by a church body which preceded the founding of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Any such statement has the status of a "historical document." These documents may guide the ELCA and inform the work of the Department for Studies, and act as policy when sufficient agreement exists and the ELCA has not adopted another statement on the same subject. However, social statements of predecessor church bodies do not constitute ELCA policy, as they have not been voted on by a Churchwide Assembly. When quoting or referring to these documents, please take care to make the non-binding nature of this relationship clear.
The social policy documents contained in this JLE Portfolio were social policy documents of the Augustana Lutheran Church, one of the predecessor church bodies to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
In 1956 the Augustana Lutheran Church published in pamphlet form the Social Pronouncements of the Augustana Lutheran Church and its Conferences 1937-1956.
Since the supply of this pamphlet will soon be exhausted, the Board of Social Ministry of the Lutheran Church in America decided to multilith the social statements of the Augustana Lutheran Church in their entirety, from 1937-1962. Thus this heritage will continue to be available for those wishing to know how Augustana declared itself on matters of social concern.
The pronouncements of the respective conferences of the Augustana Church have not been included. The subject headings are the same as those used by the United Lutheran Church in its publication, Social Statements of the United Lutheran Church in America 1918-1962. | 
