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DEFINING MOMENTS

DEFINING MOMENTS. Division for Global Mission. December 7, 1941. Attack on Pearl Harbor. Division for Global Mission. November 22, 1963. Death of J.F. Kennedy. Division for Global Mission. April 4, 1968. Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Division for Global Mission.

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DEFINING MOMENTS

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  1. DEFINING MOMENTS Division for Global Mission

  2. December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor Division for Global Mission

  3. November 22, 1963 Death of J.F. Kennedy Division for Global Mission

  4. April 4, 1968 Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Division for Global Mission

  5. September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the U.S.A. Division for Global Mission

  6. “WALKING TOGETHER, IN GLOBAL MISSION, INTO THE NEXT CENTURY” Division for Global Mission

  7. “… change will always be a part of our lives, but in Christ’s Name we continue to be in mission and Ministry Division for Global Mission

  8. 1960: 25 “mission fields’ and a few self- governing churches Now: 70 Lutheran Churches with whom we relate; 25 other relationships Division for Global Mission

  9. COMPANION CHURCH GROWTH 19901999Increase Cameroon (ELCC) 82,629 120,000 45% C. A. R. (ELCCAR) 24,062 55,000 129% Ethiopia (EECMY) 870,388 2,593,163 198% Liberia (LCL) 25,650 35,000 36% Madagascar (MLC) 1,000,000 1,500,000 50% Namibia (ELCIN) 400,000 533,000 33% Nigeria (LCCN) 350,671 720,000 105 % South Africa (ELCSA) 640,678 768,998 20% Tanzania (ELCT) 1,500,000 2,500,000 67% Zimbabwe (ELCZ) 54,000 100,000 85% Columbia (IELCO) 2,000 3,000 50% El Salvador (SLS) 10,755 12,000 12% India (UELCI) 1,297,677 1,621,065 25% Indonesia 3,125,804 3,794,393 21% Japan (JELC) 20,927 22,146 6% Jordan (ELCJ/Palestine) 1,650 3,000 82% Papua New Guinea (ELCPNG) 554,998 815,000 47% Malaysia/Singapore (LCMS, LCS) 5,163 9,764 89% Division for Global Mission

  10. GOALS FOR THE • DIVISION FOR GLOBAL • MISSION • PROCLAIM: Share the good news of Jesus Christ • with those who acknowledge no faith, people of • living faiths, adherents of various ideologies, and • those who have become inactive in or have abandoned their Christian faith. • SERVE: Be in solidarity with and advocate for people who are oppressed, poor and suffering, and share our resources to meet human need. Division for Global Mission

  11. ACCOMPANY: Accompany churches around the world and invite them to accompany this church in expressing the unity of the Body of Christ and in cooperating in the mission of the Triune God. • RECEIVE: Work with the ELCA in developing our gifts as a church and embracing the gifts of others as we walk together in global mission. Division for Global Mission Division for Global Mission Division for Global Mission

  12. ELCA relationship with Companion Churches: “WALKING TOGETHER!” Division for Global Mission

  13. COMPANION SYNOD PROGRAM Purpose: “To strengthen one another for life and mission within the body of Christ … to offer us the privilege of participating in the life of another church through prayer, study, communication and exchanges of gifts … and to open our eyes to the global challenge that Christ offers us …” + There are 80 Companion Synod relationships with ELCA Synods Division for Global Mission

  14. ELCA MISSIONARIES Long Term 162 GM2 (2 year) 32 Contract 47 Interns 6 Amity (China) 6 South/South 11 Volunteers 58 Scholarship* 482 (current 60) _____ TOTAL: 804 (*) Since 1988, the ELCA has provided scholarship funds to educate and train 482 persons from the 70 Companion Churches Division for Global Mission

  15. ELCA INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS Brazil 2 C.A.R. 9 Cameroon 4 China 1 Croatia 2 Egypt 2 Estonia 1 Ethiopia 2 Ghana 2 India 1 Indonesia 3 Japan 2 Latvia 1 Liberia 1 Madagascar 3 Malawi 1 Mexico 2 Mongolia 1 Mozambique 1 Namibia 2 Nigeria 3 Palestine 1 PNG 3 Russia 1 Slovakia 1 Sudan 2 Tanzania 6 TOTAL: 60 Division for Global Mission

  16. NEW AREAS OF WORK!! • Senegal • Mekong Delta • Slovakia • Wittenberg, Germany Division for Global Mission

  17. THE JOURNEY OF A $1.00 BILL • (From the offering plate, to the synod, to the churchwide) • $1.00 placed in the offering plate $1.00 • 10% sent to the synod $ .10 • 50 –50 split (Kept for the synod) $ .05 • (Sent to churchwide) $ .05 • $.05 arrives at churchwide 20% of churchwide budget for DGM $ .01 Division for Global Mission

  18. LEVEL II Over-and-above the budget Gifts for Global Mission That are not in the ELCA/DGM Budget Division for Global Mission

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