ELCA Global Missions

Global Mission is the core of our work as the ELCA walks with more than 80 companion churches in other countries to participate in God’s reconciling mission through proclamation and service. Participating in these relationships, ELCA members see how people’s lives are touched by the gospel, how their lives are transformed and renewed, and how their communities live in hope. Our living, daring confidence in God’s grace propels us, along with our companions, to say “yes” to a world searching for renewal and wholeness.

As part of a global Lutheran community, we gratefully receive the witness of global brothers and sisters whose faith, hospitality, resilience and zeal energize us and our own congregations. In response, we share our gifts and talents to address the root causes of poverty and hunger and meeting human needs, fight malaria and HIV and AIDS, build communities that coexist in peace, and prepare women and men to preach the good news of Jesus Christ throughout the world.

Learn more on the ELCA Global Mission page.

Download Global Mission Resources at the ELCA resources page.

Congregations in the South Dakota Synod sponsor the following ELCA Missionaries:

  • Willie Langdji – Cameroon, ELCA West Africa Regional Representative
  • Rev. Dra. Soliette López Ortega – Mexico, ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission Country Coordinator
  • Pr. Michael Busbey and Hellen Rios Carillo – Costa Rica. Rev. Michael Busbey serves as ELCA regional representative for Central America and Mexico, and his wife, Hellen Rios Carrillo, serves as ELCA regional representative for the Caribbean and Gender Justice.

World Hunger

More than 800 million people — that’s 1 in 8 people in our world today — are hungry.

As members of the ELCA, we are called to respond. We are a church that rolls up our sleeves and gets to work.

Working with and through our congregations, in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Lutheran churches overseas and other partners, ELCA World Hunger is uniquely positioned to reach communities in need. From health clinics to microloans, water wells to animal husbandry, community meals to advocacy, your gifts to ELCA World Hunger make it possible for the ELCA to respond, supporting sustainable solutions that get at the root causes of hunger and poverty.  Learn more.

Disaster Response

Lutheran Disaster Response brings God’s hope, healing and renewal to people whose lives have been disrupted by disasters in the United States and around the world. When the dust settles and the headlines change, we stay to provide ongoing assistance to those in need. Learn more.

Global Links

ELCA Global Links is an easy way to stay connected and informed about the global work of the ELCA.

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