The ELCA Advocacy resource (updated for 2026) explains how congregations, rostered ministers, and church members can engage faithfully in elections while remaining strictly nonpartisan and compliant with IRS rules for 501(c)(3) organizations.

A new resource from ELCA Advocacy and ELCA AMMPARO titled “You Shall Also Love the Stranger,” offers history, Bible study, reflection questions and action steps related to for-profit immigration detention. Join related webinar on Wednesday, June 24, from 1-1:30 p.m. EDT.

New report titled Housing Arizona by the ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy is now available for download. The Background Report Launch of "Housing Arizona" is April 23 at Rio Salado College.

Use the 2025-26 Action Guide and the 2026 Lenten Calendar for congregations in planning educational and fundraising events at your congregation. From ELCA World Hunger.

Grand Canyon Synod partners from the Safe Communities Coalition offer this helpful resource by the Digital Defense Fund for responding to online harassment and doxxing.

New for 2025! Action Guide, Interactive Calendar, and Study for congregational use to plan educational and fundraising events at your congregation. From ELCA World Hunger.

Use these 30-minute reflections plus 15-minute Q&A sessions on advocacy tips and themes to lay groundwork and stimulate discussion in congregations, study groups, advocacy teams and more.

The Lutherans Restoring Creation network is offering an Earth Day creation care-centered sermon by Dr. Rev. Barbara Rossing — in English and Spanish — in response to the Sunday, April 27th readings.

Dismantle: An Anti-White Supremacy Lenten Devotional is a project of ELCA Racial Justice. This resource was created in response to the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly’s call to boldly condemn white supremacy and racist rhetoric. Downloadable, 32 pages, free of charge.

At the Table, the Intergenerational VBS Study from ELCA World Hunger, focuses on the importance of storytelling, inviting your community to learn how storytelling can make a difference in your neighborhood and the world.

New for 2025! Lenten Action Guide, Calendar and Study resources for congregational use in planning educational and fundraising events at your congregation. From ELCA World Hunger.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) works with state elected leaders to ensure that the communities in which we work are welcoming places for refugees and other new Americans. This state policy and advocacy guide reflects efforts by states to build and strengthen infrastructure and resources to welcome refugees and other newcomers to their communities.

Equip your congregation to navigate the post-election season with Faith+Lead’s free 2024 Election Toolkit. Filled with resources for fostering empathy, addressing complex issues, and promoting Gospel values over partisanship, this toolkit offers practical guidance for preaching, teaching, and living out justice and faith.

From the latest data on food-insecure households to the impact of government programs and personal stories, this comprehensive guide offers knowledge and tools for meaningful conversation. Downloadable fact sheet and video.

The ELCA Civic Engagement and Voter Education Guide is a resource guide to encourage, empower and equip voter education and other responsible civic participation shaped by faith values. Now available in Spanish.

This single-session Bible study and discussion guide by Fern Lee Hagedorn can be used by adults or older teens, as individuals or in small groups, for consideration of civic commitment as people of faith. Published September 2024, 3 pages.

New for 2024! Action Guide, Calendar, and Study for congregational use to plan educational and fundraising events at your congregation. From ELCA World Hunger.

Ballot Prop resources from League of Women Voters. For each proposition, the document lays out the description, what a Yes vote means, what a No vote means, what those in favor say, what those opposed say, and the background, the provisions, and the fiscal analysis.