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Social Statements of the ELCA
 ● Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice (1993)
 ● Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture (1993)
 ●
Sufficient, Sustainable Livelihood for All (1999)

Messages of the ELCA
 ●
Immigration (1998)
 ● Suicide Prevention (1999)

Actions of the Churchwide Assembly
 ● Domestic Hunger, Poverty and Substandard Housing (1991)
 ● Domestic Violence  (1989)
 ● Economic Crisis in Rural America (1999)
 ● Economic Justice (1999)
 ● Environment — Care of Creation (1995)
 ● Environment — Energy Audits (1995)
 ● Fair Labor Practices — Employment (1997)
 ● The Family Farm (2001)
 ● Family Farms (1995)
 ● Foot and Mouth Disease (2001)
 ● Global Warming (2001)
 ● Health and Human Resources (1991)
 ● Health Care (1989)
 ● Health-Care Policy (2001)
 ● Housing and Homelessness (1989)
 ● Mining (1999)
 ● Rural Congregations (1989)
 ● Severe Drought (1999)
 ● Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (2001)
 ● Violence against Women (1995)
 ● Welfare (1989)
 ● Workers Rights (1991)

Action of the ELCA Church Council
 ●
Farmers in Crisis (1998)

See also ELCA Advocacy
 

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