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ELCIC Global Mission
Global Service
Global service is a key element of the ELCIC’s partnership with the Global Mission Unit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). However, the three pre-existing ELCIC long-term missionary positions (Rev. Brian Rude, El Salvador; Rev. Fran Schmidt, Peru; Lori Endress, Thailand) are continuing entirely under the administration, supervision and financial support of ELCIC Global Mission (GM). Any new ELCIC candidates for long-term missionary service will be considered only for joint ELCA/ELCIC placements supervised by ELCA Global Mission (GM) and funded by the ELCA and ELCIC missionary sponsorship programs.
The ELCIC Volunteers in Mission (VIM) program will be phased out as the three current VIM placements (Jack and Valerie Frederick, Guyana; Christine Mattimoe, Niger; Carol Martin, Cameroon) are completed in 2009. Any new ELCIC candidates for volunteer missionary service will be considered for the ELCA GM volunteer programs. Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) will continue to offer the International Volunteer Service (IVS) program and ELCIC members interested in the IVS program should contact CLWR directly.
ELCIC members interested in global service can contact the ELCA GM office in Chicago directly where the global service staff team will respond to inquiries, receive applications and conduct interviews. ELCA GM has opportunities for volunteers in the Global Mission Volunteers and Young Adults in Global Mission programs. There are also opportunities for compensated mission personnel including long-term positions and two or three-year contracts. ELCIC members who are approved for compensated positions will be joint placements employed by the ELCIC and supervised by ELCA GM. While volunteers will not be official joint placements, all ELCIC members assigned to global service by ELCA GM will be included on the mission personnel poster on the ELCIC GM web site. |
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