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DEFINING MOMENTS

Division for Global Mission

December 7, 1941


Attack on Pearl Harbor

November 22, 1963


Death of J.F. Kennedy

April 4, 1968


Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King

September 11, 2001


Terrorist Attack on the U.S.A.

“WALKING TOGETHER,

IN GLOBAL MISSION,

INTO THE NEXT

CENTURY”


“… change will always be

a part of our lives, but in

Christ’s Name we continue

to be in mission and Ministry


1960: 25 “mission fields’ and a few self- governing churches

Now: 70 Lutheran Churches with whom we relate; 25 other relationships



COMPANION CHURCH GROWTH

1990 1999 IncreaseCameroon (ELCC) 82,629 120,000 45% C. A. R. (ELCCAR) 24,062 55,000 129%Ethiopia (EECMY) 870,388 2,593,163 198%Liberia (LCL) 25,650 35,000 36%Madagascar (MLC) 1,000,000 1,500,000 50%Namibia (ELCIN) 400,000 533,000 33%Nigeria (LCCN) 350,671 720,000 105 %South Africa (ELCSA) 640,678 768,998 20%Tanzania (ELCT) 1,500,000 2,500,000 67%Zimbabwe (ELCZ) 54,000 100,000 85%Columbia (IELCO) 2,000 3,000 50%El Salvador (SLS) 10,755 12,000 12%India (UELCI) 1,297,677 1,621,065 25%Indonesia 3,125,804 3,794,393 21%Japan (JELC) 20,927 22,146 6%Jordan (ELCJ/Palestine) 1,650 3,000 82%Papua New Guinea (ELCPNG) 554,998 815,000 47%Malaysia/Singapore (LCMS, LCS) 5,163 9,764 89%


GOALS FOR THE DIVISION FOR GLOBAL

MISSION• PROCLAIM: Share the good news of Jesus Christ with those who acknowledge no faith, people of living faiths, adherents of various ideologies, and those who have become inactive in or have

abandoned their Christian faith.

2. SERVE: Be in solidarity with and advocate for people who are oppressed, poor and suffering, and share our resources to meet human need.

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3. ACCOMPANY: Accompany churches around the world and invite them to accompany this church in expressing the unity of the Body of Christ and in cooperating in the mission of the Triune God.

4. RECEIVE: Work with the ELCA in developing our gifts as a church and embracing the gifts of others as we walk together in global mission.

ELCA relationship with

Companion Churches:

“WALKING TOGETHER!”



COMPANION SYNOD PROGRAM

Purpose: “To strengthen one another for life and mission within the body of Christ … to offer us the privilege of participating in the life of another church through prayer, study, communication and exchanges of gifts … and to open our eyes to the global challenge that Christ offers us …”

+ There are 80 Companion Synod relationships with ELCA Synods


ELCA MISSIONARIESLong Term 162GM2 (2 year) 32Contract 47Interns 6Amity (China) 6

South/South 11 Volunteers 58Scholarship* 482(current 60) _____TOTAL: 804

(*) Since 1988, the ELCA has provided scholarship funds to educate and train 482 persons from the 70 Companion Churches


ELCA INTERNATIONALSCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS

Brazil 2C.A.R. 9 Cameroon 4China 1Croatia 2Egypt 2Estonia 1Ethiopia 2Ghana 2

India 1Indonesia 3Japan 2Latvia 1Liberia 1Madagascar 3Malawi 1Mexico 2Mongolia 1

Mozambique 1Namibia 2Nigeria 3Palestine 1PNG 3Russia 1Slovakia 1Sudan 2Tanzania 6

TOTAL: 60


NEW AREAS OF WORK!!

1. Senegal

2. Mekong Delta

3. Slovakia

4. Wittenberg, Germany


THE JOURNEY OF A $1.00 BILL

(From the offering plate, to the synod, to the churchwide)

$1.00 placed in the offering plate $1.00 10% sent to the synod $ .10 50 –50 split (Kept for the synod) $ .05 (Sent to churchwide) $ .05 $.05 arrives at churchwide

20% of churchwide budget for DGM $ .01


LEVEL II

Over-and-above the budget

Gifts for Global Mission

That are not in the ELCA/DGM

Budget

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