Learn how to make the most of the 2026 August Recess in this post from ELCA Advocacy. Includes guidance on interacting with your representatives and resources to help you advocate effectively on key issues for 2026.

ELCA Action Alert from July 14. Thank Congress for bipartisan action on the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, a major new law aimed at expanding housing supply, modernizing federal housing programs, and supporting communities working to address homelessness and affordability.

ELCA Action Alert from July 9. Call on Congress to pass the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025, supporting survivor-centered protections, prevention education, and stronger anti-trafficking efforts.

ELCA Action Alert from July 8. Ask Senators Kelly and Gallego to protect Temporary Protected Status holders from losing legal status and being forced to return to countries where violence, instability, or humanitarian crises put them at risk.

Have you wondered what the ELCA Advocacy office is working on in Washington? Here’s a brief look at the federal issues Lutherans are tracking — and why they matter for Arizona communities.

ELCA Action Alert from June 16. Ask Congress to lift trade and travel restrictions with Cuba, easing humanitarian hardship and supporting our church’s long-standing accompaniment with Cuban Lutheran and ecumenical partners.

ELCA Advocacy reminds us that August recess is a key opportunity for Lutherans to meet with members of Congress at home, share our faith-rooted concerns, and build relationships for faithful public witness.

ELCA Action Alert from June 5 is top priority! Senate passed Reconciliation package, bill is up for a vote in the House this week. Read Bishop Hutterer’s letter to Rep. Ciscomani. Take action today!

This May 28 advocacy update from ELCA Witness in Society & AMMPARO warns that Congress may soon consider major new ICE/CBP funding, a USCIS memo could force many green card applicants to leave the U.S. to apply, and the administration’s proposed refugee-ceiling increase would prioritize white South Africans over other refugees already waiting for resettlement.

ELCA Action Alert from May 27. Lutherans are urged to contact their senators as the Senate considers the Farm Bill, calling for a bipartisan bill that protects SNAP, supports hungry families and rural communities, reauthorizes international food aid, invests in conservation, and expands tribal food sovereignty programs.

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.

Spring 2026. ELCA Advocacy publishes quarterly updates from Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices (SPPOs) in the ELCA Advocacy BLOG. Includes Arizona, Kansas, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

ELCA Action Alert from May 12. Join the ELCA in urging Congress to support essential hunger and agricultural funding. Proposed budget cuts could turn many families and children away from hunger programs. Take action today!

On Wednesday, May 20, Arizona inmate Leroy McGill is set to be put to death by lethal injection. ELCA Witness in Society sent Governor Katie Hobbs a letter asking her to commute McGill’s death sentence. Read the letter.

ELCA Election Engagement Blog Post Series. Lutheran civic engagement is a nonpartisan expression of faith that calls Christians to participate in elections, defend voting rights, and advocate for fair, compassionate governance that protects the dignity and voice of every neighbor.

ELCA Action Alert updated April 28. This alert includes op-ed by Bishop Deborah Hutterer and a letter to members of the U.S. House from the Rev. Amy Reumann, ELCA Senior Director for Witness in Society urging adoption of critical amendments in the Farm Bill. Act today!

ELCA Action Alert from April 16. Join the ELCA in urging Congress to protect employment authorization for those seeking asylum. Comment on the government’s proposal (from now until Apr. 24, 2026) and/or contact your legislator.

Faith leaders, including the ELCA, urged the U.S. Supreme Court to protect birthright citizenship, arguing that restricting it would violate constitutional principles and harm vulnerable families and communities.