ELCIC Public Policy and Social Statements

The documents below are organized into the following categories (click on the link to go directly to the category or scroll down to view all the entire list of documents on this page):

- Lutheran Public Policy

- Rights and Dignity

- Economics

- Sexuality and Family

- Aging and Death

- International Affairs

- Peace

- Ecology

- Diversity

- Criminal Justice
- Lay Ministry

 

Lutheran Public Policy

• The Public Witness of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada: A Policy on How the Church Addresses Social Issues
• Social Statement on Church and State: A Lutheran Perspective

 

Rights and Dignity

• ELCIC Resolution on the Doctrine of Discovery
• Social Statement on Human Rights: Doing Justice in God's World
• Study Paper on a Health Charter for Canada: A Concern for the Church
• Statement Towards Adequate Health Care for All Canadians
• Study Paper on Canada's Health Care System: Our Responsibility, Our Challenge
• Statement Towards Adequate Housing for All Canadians
• Social Statement on the Church and Social Welfare
• ELCIC Resolution on Health Care
• Pastoral Statement on AIDS

 

Economics

• Statement on Biblical Justice
• Social Statement on Economic Justice Stewardship: of Creation in Human Community
• Social Statement on Poverty
• Statement on Poverty and the Canada Assistance Plan
• Statement on the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Act
• Statement on Lotteries
• Statement on Social Economic Justice
• ELCIC Response to Globalization
• Statement on Commercialization

 

Sexuality and Family

• ELCIC Social Statement on Human Sexuality, 2011
• 1997 Study on Human Sexuality
• Statement Towards Adequate Day Care Services for Young Children
• Statement on Responsible Parenthood
• Statement on Religion and Child Welfare Including Adoption
• Study Paper on Divorce and Remarriage
• Stewards of Creation: Respect for Human Life
• Statement on Abortion
• Convention Minutes on the Subject of Abortion (1978 - LCA)
• Statement on Sex, Marriage and Family, 1970

 

Aging and Death

• Social Statement on Aging and the Older Adult
• Statement on the Aging
• Social Statement on Death and Dying
• ELCIC Resolution on Decisions-at-the-End-of-Life

 

International Affairs

• Social Statement on World Community: Ethical Imperatives in an Age of Interdependence
• Statement Towards Greater International Responsibility
• Covenant for a Common Future: A Working Definition of Development
• The ELCIC's Position on South Africa and Namibia
• ELCIC Resolution on Peace in the Holy Land

 

Peace

• Social Statement on Peace and Politics
• Study Document on Peace

 

Ecology

• ELCIC Resolution on Climate Justice
• A Social Statement on the Human Crisis in Ecology
• Convention Resolution on Stewardship of Creation

 

Diversity

• ELCIC Resolution on Welcoming the Stranger
  • LWF Welcoming the Stranger: Affirmations for Faith Leaders
• ELCIC Resolution on Right Relationships with Indigenous Peoples
• Social Statement on Race Relations
• Statement on Inclusiveness and Diversity: Gifts of God
• Statement on Youth and Volunteer Programs
• ELCIC Resolution Regarding a Statement to the Jewish Communities in Canada
• ELCIC Resolution on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Report

 

Criminal Justice

• ELCIC Resolution on the Criminal Justice and Correctional Systems in Canada
• Social Statement on Capital Punishment
• Statement on Capital Punishment
• Social Statement in Pursuit of Justice and Dignity: Society, the Offender and Systems of Correction
• Gun Control: A Canadian Perspective

Lay Ministry

• ELCIC Policy Regarding Authorized Lay Ministries