ELCA Lifelong Theological Education Partnership
 

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1. Definition of the ELCA Lifelong Theological Education Partnership
   The ELCA Lifelong Theological Education Partnership is an association through which planning, programming and advocacy for lifelong theological education for ministry takes place. It consists of the ELCA Vocation and Education unit itself and the ELCA Lifelong Learning Partners.
    

2. Purpose of the ELCA Lifelong Theological Education Partnership
   The purpose of the ELCA Lifelong Theological Education Partnership is to nurture, develop and support lifelong theological education for ministry.
    

3. The benefits of this Partnership
   a. The Director for Leadership Support in the Vocation and Education unit is the primary liaison between the ELCA Lifelong Learning Partners and the Vocation and Education unit.
   b. ELCA Lifelong Learning Partners are listed in the Yearbook of the ELCA.
   c. ELCA Lifelong Learning Partners have access to the various forms of communication within the ELCA through which they may promote and advertise their programs.
   d. The ELCA Lifelong Learning Partnership enables members to work cooperatively with other members of the theological education network.
   e. ELCA Lifelong Learning Partners work with the Director for Leadership Support to determine the distribution of the annual Vocation and Education unit grant.
   f. The Vocation and Education unit will provide a portion of the funding for an annual gathering of the ELCA Lifelong Learning Partners.
    

4. Governance of ELCA Lifelong Learning Partners
   Each ELCA Lifelong Learning Partner shall be governed by a board or steering committee. The board or steering committee shall include at least one representative designated by a participating Synod, an affiliated ELCA organization or the ELCA Vocation and Education unit.
    

5. Process for Approval as an ELCA Lifelong Learning Partner
   a. In order to become an ELCA Lifelong Learning Partner, an organization shall:
   — receive the approval of one or more ELCA Synods or be an ELCA organization
   — address its request in writing to the Director for Leadership Support in the Vocation and Education unit stating how its purposes support the purposes of the ELCA Lifelong Learning Partnership
   — agree to work collaboratively in the ELCA’s theological education network
   b. Decision to add organizations to or remove organizations from the list of ELCA Lifelong Learning Partners will be made by the Vocation and Education unit.
    

6. Ongoing Relationship with ELCA Vocation and Education unit
   Each ELCA Lifelong Learning Partner will report annually to the Director for Leadership Support of the Vocation and Education unit. This report will include information on how their programming enhances the purposes of the ELCA Lifelong Theological Education Partnership.

Approved by the ELCA Division for Ministry Board, October 11, 2003