Social
Statements | For Peace in
God's World | Resolutions


1. To adopt "For
Peace in God's World" as a social
statement of this church to be used in accordance with the
understanding outlined in "Social
Statements in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Principles
and Procedures," which was adopted at the 1989 Churchwide
Assembly (CA89.3.14).
2. To call on members of this church to renew our prayer
for peace, our identity as a community for peace, and our study of
the scriptural witness to the God of Peace, using this statement to
help them form their judgments and carry out their commitment to
live a faith active for peace.
3. To call on our congregations and professional leaders
to give renewed attention to how our liturgy, preaching, hymnody,
and prayers embody God's will for peace and our calling for peace.
4. To commend the education, service, and advocacy
ministries of this church in their work for peace on our behalf; to
direct churchwide units to review their programs and major program
directions in light of this social statement with the intention of
strengthening this church's witness to global peace; and to call
upon members to support these ministries.
5. To direct the Division
for Church in Society, in cooperation with other units,
particularly the Division
for Congregational Ministries, to provide leadership,
consultation, and educational and worship resources for
congregations on the basis of this statement.
6. To call upon members to give
generously to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and its
World
Hunger Appeal, so that the Lutheran
World Federation, Lutheran
World Relief, Lutheran
Immigration and Refugee Service, and our partner ecumenical
agencies might do more in helping to alleviate the causes and
consequences of war, to resolve conflicts, and to build peace; and
to call upon members to participate actively in these ministries.
7. To call upon the educational institutions of this
church day schools, colleges and universities, seminaries, centers
of continuing education, and camps to review their programs in light
of this statement, so as to further the study of peace and global
affairs.
8. To call upon the members and leaders of this church to
support our youth in their struggle to define their identity and
vocation as present and future peacemakers, and to call upon pastors
and educators to encourage our youth to consider various forms of
volunteer service that contribute to peace.
9. To share this social statement with other churches of
the Lutheran
World Federation, the World
Council of Churches, and our other ecumenical partners as a sign
of our commitment to work together for peace with justice.
10. To send this social statement to the President of the
United States, to our elected representatives in the United States
Senate and House of Representatives, to the United States Secretary
of State, and to the Secretary General of the United Nations as a
sign of our commitment to work with them for a more peaceful world.
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