The 2016 ELCA Churchwide Assembly concluded on August 13, 2016. At the Churchwide Assembly, many updates are made to the legislation of the ELCA.
Click here to download a PDF of the updates that were made to the Legislation.
About the Churchwide Assembly
The Churchwide Assembly is the primary decision-making body of the ELCA and gathers every three years. Voting members are chosen locally from across the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, representing the diverse communities, congregations, synods, perspectives and geographic contexts of the ELCA. Together with other leaders of the ELCA, and guided by the Holy Spirit, they discuss the work of the church in the world and make decisions reflecting the challenges we face and the strengths we all bring to loving and serving our neighbors — locally and globally — in the name of Jesus Christ.
When the ELCA Churchwide Assembly convenes, its voting members meet with confidence in God’s grace around word and water, wine and bread, to carry on their work on behalf the entire church.
