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Social Statements | Education
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Goals for the Social Statement
 The social statement will:
Present a Lutheran vision of education for our time;
Address issues of education and schooling for children and
young people in our society, with attention to purpose and
quality, equity and access for all, responsibilities, and
religion’s role in public schooling;
Set forth an understanding of our church’s
own educational institutions (pre-school, primary and secondary
schools, and colleges and universities); and
Consider our church’s ministries in
relation to public schools and universities and the vocation of
those involved in education in different roles.
About the Call for a Social Statement on Education
The Call for a Social Statement on Education
The 2001 Churchwide Assembly called for a social statement on
education. The board of the Division for Church in Society, which directs
the development of social statements, approved a timeline for the
social statement.
The ELCA Church Council then discussed the
DCS board's action and requested the development of a social statement
for possible presentation to the 2007 Churchwide Assembly.
You may read more about these actions by clicking on
the links in the text above, or by clicking on the documents in this list:
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Our Calling in Education: A
Lutheran Study Read the task force's study on education. The study is
available as a free download online, or can be ordered in hard copy.
Our Calling in Education: Web Companion
Guide This Web companion
guide offers supplemental reading (as mentioned in the study).
About the process
Information about the process for a social
statement on education by the ELCA, including the motions from
Churchwide assembly calling for the a study
On educational
choice Discussions and essays
about the ongoing concern by Lutherans for education and public policy in education. This
feature is meant to encourage further reflection on educational choice and other issues related to schools and education.
Papers on education
from the eleventh annual conference on "The Vocation of a Lutheran
College," July 28-31, 2005, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio |
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