Lutherans Adopt “The Church and Criminal Justice: Hearing the Cries”
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), with 4 million members and nearly 10,000 congregations, meeting in churchwide assembly August 12-17 in Pittsburgh adopted a Social Statement, “The Church and Criminal Justice: Hearing the Cries” by an overwhelming 882-25 vote. The vote comes in the midst of recent national debate on racial inequities in the […]