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  • Leadership
    • Becoming a Pastor or Deacon
    • For Pastors and Deacons
    • Partners
    • SAM Process
    • Synod Constitution and Policies
    • Synod Council
    • About the Bishop and DEM
  • Mission
    • First Fruits Grants
    • Mesa Sagrada
    • Mission Funds
      • Seminary Support Funds
      • SPLM Endowment
      • TEAM and TEAM Grants
    • Mission Table
    • Rooted and Growing in Christ
    • Synod Ministry Plan
  • Congregations
    • Call Process
    • Congregational Transitions
    • Info on Annual Reports
    • Prayer Concerns
    • Resources for Congregations
    • Tips on Facebook for Congregations
  • Groups
    • ASWO - Women of the ELCA
    • For Youth
    • For Youth Workers
    • Hunger Team
    • Kuwaa Mission
    • Lutheran Men in Mission
  • Resources
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    • ACEs in Alaska
    • Bible Studies
    • Coaching
    • Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication
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    • Online Worship and Engagement
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Social Statements of the ELCA​

“This church shall develop social statements … that will guide the life of this church as an institution and inform the conscience of its members in the spirit of Christian liberty.” (ELCA social statement, “The Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective”) 
Go to the ELCA website to view the social statements.

ELCA policy resolutions and social messages
  *   Extremist Groups 1995 Churchwide Resolution
  *   Immigration 1998 Social Message
  *   Immigrant Welcome 2011  Churchwide Resolution
  *   Living in a Time of Terrorism  2004 Social Message
  *   Toward Compassionate, Just and Wise Immigration Reform  2009 Social Policy Resolution
  *   Voting Rights to All Citizens  2013 Social Policy Resolution

Walking Together and Discernment
  *   Moral Deliberation
  *   Report of the Communal Discernment Task Force
  *   Publicly Engaged Church
  *   Advocacy
  *   Called to Be a Public Church Civic Participation Guide
  *   Advocacy Resources
  *   ELCAVotes
  *   Living Lutheran Resources for an Election Year
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Office of the Alaska Synod
​1847 W. Northern Lights Blvd.
Suite 2
Anchorage, AK 99517


(c) Alaska Synod
Office (907) 272-8899
Fax (907) 274-3141



Bishop Shelley Wickstrom
aksynodbishop@gmail.com

DEM Pastor Lisa Smith Fiegel
alaskadem@gmail.com

Chris Aquino,
​    Office Manager

elcaalaska@gmail.com
  • Home
    • About the synod
    • Around the Synod
    • Giving
    • Region One Financial Services
  • Leadership
    • Becoming a Pastor or Deacon
    • For Pastors and Deacons
    • Partners
    • SAM Process
    • Synod Constitution and Policies
    • Synod Council
    • About the Bishop and DEM
  • Mission
    • First Fruits Grants
    • Mesa Sagrada
    • Mission Funds
      • Seminary Support Funds
      • SPLM Endowment
      • TEAM and TEAM Grants
    • Mission Table
    • Rooted and Growing in Christ
    • Synod Ministry Plan
  • Congregations
    • Call Process
    • Congregational Transitions
    • Info on Annual Reports
    • Prayer Concerns
    • Resources for Congregations
    • Tips on Facebook for Congregations
  • Groups
    • ASWO - Women of the ELCA
    • For Youth
    • For Youth Workers
    • Hunger Team
    • Kuwaa Mission
    • Lutheran Men in Mission
  • Resources
    • COVID-19 Resources
    • ACEs in Alaska
    • Bible Studies
    • Coaching
    • Compassionate, Nonviolent Communication
    • Disaster Preparedness
    • ELCA Social Statements
    • Forms
    • Generosity and Stewardship
    • Links to other helpful resources
    • Online Worship and Engagement
    • Shaping and sharing stories of God
    • Spiritual Practices
    • Suicide Prevention
  • Events
    • 2021 Synod Assembly Agenda
    • 2021 Assembly Registration
    • 2021 Assembly Workshops
    • 2021 Assembly - QPR Gatekeeper Training
    • Future Assembly Locations
    • Digital Classes
    • Glacier Bible Camp