ELCA adopts edited social statement "Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust"

The ELCA Churchwide Assembly has voted to adopt the edited social statement “Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust.”

In 2022, the Churchwide Assembly authorized two reconsiderations of the original social statement from 2009. The 2025 assembly addressed Reconsideration #1: a review of specific text references that “would consider the import that marriage legally is now a covenant between individuals;” review specific wording “in light of public acceptance of marriage of same-gender and gender-non-conforming couples;” and “consider references to diversity of family configurations.”

Learn more about the social statement and the reconsideration process, including an explanation of each draft edit, a discussion guide and an FAQ. Each resource is available in English, Spanish and large print: https://www.elca.org/.../human-sexuality-gift-and-trust...