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February is Black History Month

“Talk about specific Black church leaders… Talk about theologians, about writers, and their important contributions to the church.

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Statement on war in the Holy Land

On Sunday, October 8, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada National Bishop Susan Johnson and Anglican Church of Canada Archbishop and Primate Linda Nicholls shared a statement of solidarity towards those under attack with the ongoing conflict in the Holy Land.

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September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) are invited to observe September 30 as Orange Shirt Day, which marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. 

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ELCIC National Bishop to join church leaders in calling for search of landfill

On Tuesday, September 5 at 4:00 p.m. (CDT), Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) National Bishop Susan Johnson will join four other church leaders and visit Camp Morgan at Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill.

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June is National Indigenous History Month

June is National Indigenous History Month. We join Peoples across Canada in building relationships, deepening engagement with Indigenous history, and discerning action for healing and reconciliation.

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Week of Prayer for Overcoming Racism and Xenophobia

March 19-25 is recognized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) as the Week of Prayer for Overcoming Racism and Xenophobia.

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ELCIC and ACC leaders write to Prime Minister following synagogue shooting in East Jerusalem

National Bishop Susan Johnson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada along with Archbishop and Primate Linda Nicholls of the Anglican Church of Canada have written to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following the synagogue shooting in East Jerusalem on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

To view this letter, please click here.

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ELCIC National Bishop writes to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations

ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson has written to the Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations, The Honourable Marc Miller, MP, encouraging resolution of the Stoney Knoll First Nation land claim.

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Statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

ELCIC National Bishop Susan Johnson joins with leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Episcopal Church in a statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Descrimination, March 21, 2021

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