Bishop Mark S. Hanson and other faith leaders met with President Obama on July 20 and urged him to protect funding for programs that benefit people living with hunger and poverty. Bishop Hanson, who represents 4.5 million members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, stated: “We Lutherans, who live out freedom in Christ by serving our neighbor, know that serving with those in poverty is inseparable from advocating for policies and priorities that both sustain them and give them opportunity.” The ELCA has a long history of providing care for people in need through a wide network of Lutheran, ecumenical and public sector partners, both domestically and internationally. “The ELCA believes that churches have a greater capacity to make an impact when we join together. By working together we achieve things on a scale and scope that we could never do as a single church.” (from ELCA news release).
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