Posts in Global Church
YAGM update from Mae Helen Jackson

After a two-year pause, the Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM) program is sending volunteers out into the world again. Mae Helen Jackson, Young Adult Outreach and Placement Manager, gives an update about some of the ways the YAGM team is bringing the program up to date and making it more welcoming for everyone. YAGM is ready for you! Submit your application beginning Nov. 1, 2022 at ELCA.org/YAGM.

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A “dream” becomes a reality: Synod secures funds for Lutheran University of Nigeria

In 2021, Musa Filibus, archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN), asked Ann Svennungsen, bishop of the Minneapolis Area Synod (the LCCN’s companion synod), to consider raising $500,000 for the establishment of the LCCN-run Lutheran University Nigeria. The synod raised $535,000 and secured a $150,000 ELCA World Hunger grant in just three months.

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Bishop Eaton issues thank you letter to President Biden

In a July 18, 2022 letter to President Joseph R. Biden, the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), expressed gratitude for his July 15 visit to the Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in East Jerusalem and his announcement of a $100 million multiyear commitment to the East Jerusalem Hospital Network (EJHN), of which AVH is a member.

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Lutheran World Federation newsletter: July 15, 2022
Lutheran World Federation newsletter: July 8, 2022
Lutheran World Federation newsletter: July 1, 2022
Lutheran World Federation newsletter: June 24, 2022
Lutheran World Federation newsletter: June 17, 2022