Part two of three THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE ELCA:
A look at domestic initiatives By Jill Dierberg Clark
Launched in early 2014, the ELCA’s five-year, $198 million “Always Being Made New: The Campaign for
the ELCA” is well underway. With 10 major priorities, the campaign’s comprehensive scope offers something for everyone and focuses largely on positioning the church for a successful future—one where it can have the largest possible impact, both globally and domestically. The campaign’s major domestic targets are straightforward: to initiate new ministries; enhance ministry
to the hungry and people with disabilities; and to cultivate the church’s up-and-coming leaders, including future clergy, youth and young adults.
BY THE NUMBERS Here’s a glimpse of some of the campaign’s domestic impact since its genesis As of Nov. 30, the ELCA has raised approximately $102.1 million in cash and multiyear commitments. The ELCA Fund for Leaders provided
250 students with more than $2 million in seminary
scholarships this academic year (
elca.org/fundforleaders).
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new or enhanced youth and young adult ministries
have received a grant to grow existing programs or start new ones.
new ministries 372
are currently under development across the ELCA, 62 of which were initiated in 2016. Of all the new starts, 58 percent are among ethnic-multicultural communities. And 27 percent are being developed among people experiencing poverty.
35 Renewing
Congregations grants have been distributed through the campaign.
300 domestic hunger grants support sustainable solutions that
More than
get at the root causes of hunger and poverty across the U.S.
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