ELCA

Called To Common Mission
... is an agreement between The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), establishing full communion between them ... It was ratified by the ELCA in 1999, the ECUSA in 2000, after the narrow failure of a previous agreement ... The agreement provided that the ELCA would accept the historical episcopate, something which became controversial in the ELCA ...

Alaska Synod (ELCA)
... The Alaska Synod (ELCA) is a synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) ... The ELCA has partnered its synods with other regions throughout the world and the companion synod for Alaska is the Eastern North Dakota Synod (ELCA) ...

Lutheran Women's Caucus
... The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) soon began to ordain women in the 1970s, leaving the primary cause of feminists who were within both the Women's Caucus and ELCA without a primary ... the mid-1980s, 85% of American and Canadian Lutherans are members of the ELCA or ELCIC ...

Christianity And Abortion - Protestant Denominations - Lutheran Churches - ELCA
... The ELCA position statement says abortion should be an option of last resort, the ELCA community should work to reduce the need for elective abortions, and that as a community, "the ... mourn the loss of life that God has created." The ELCA Social Statement on Abortion adds "The church recognizes that there can be sound reasons for ending a pregnancy through induced abortion ...