Declaration of the ELCA to American Indian and Alaska Native People

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America paused Monday, October 11 to honor Indigenous people. In so doing, the ELCA confessed, “we must acknowledge and repent the theological and Christian foundation of the Doctrine of Discovery, which created a framework that supported racism, colonialism and the annihilation of Indigenous people.”

On Sept. 27, Church Council approved on behalf of the ELCA “A Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to American Indian and Alaska Native People.” This declaration addresses Indigenous ELCA communities, Indigenous communities in the U.S., and non-Indigenous ELCA communities.

Read more from ELCA News at https://elca.org/News-and-Events/8120

To read the Declaration in full, visit https://bit.ly/ELCADeclarationtoAIAN.