Called to Be Public Church: ELCA Voting and Civic Participation Guide A resource guide to encourage, empower, and equip Lutherans to engage responsibly in the 2008 election cycle. “Called To Be a Public Church” is intended to encourage congregations to participate in voter registration drives, voter mobilization campaigns, and poll monitoring. This guide also contains nonpartisan
issue briefs on issues related to the ELCA social statements. (72 pp.)
A step- by-step guide to help congregations gain insight and understanding about advocacy, develop a plan of action, and begin a ministry of advocacy. (23 pp.)
Involving Congregatons in Advocacy Now
A guide to developing an advocacy minitry within your congregation. This manual was developed by the Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, a program of the ELCA Division for Church in Society, and can be printed chapter by chapter.
How and Why We do Advocacy
Explore the fundamentals: how and why does the ELCA do advocacy? What is advocacy? Why do we do it? Does the ELCA understand it to be part of its mission? How does the ELCA determine what it should advocate? Does the US constitution permit religious bodies to advocate? (2 pp.)
