DEFINING MOMENTS Division for Global Mission

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

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

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

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

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

“… 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

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

COMPANION CHURCH GROWTH Increase Cameroon (ELCC) 82, ,000 45% C. A. R. (ELCCAR)24,062 55,000129% Ethiopia (EECMY) 870,388 2,593,163198% Liberia (LCL)25,650 35,000 36% Madagascar (MLC) 1,000,000 1,500,000 50% Namibia (ELCIN) 400, ,000 33% Nigeria (LCCN) 350, , % South Africa (ELCSA) 640, ,998 20% Tanzania (ELCT) 1,500,0002,500,000 67% Zimbabwe (ELCZ) 54, ,000 85% Columbia (IELCO) 2,000 3,000 50% El Salvador (SLS) 10,755 12,000 12% India (UELCI) 1,297,6771,621,065 25% Indonesia 3,125,8043,794,393 21% Japan (JELC) 20,927 22,146 6% Jordan (ELCJ/Palestine) 1,650 3,000 82% Papua New Guinea (ELCPNG) 554, ,000 47% Malaysia/Singapore (LCMS, LCS) 5,163 9,764 89%

Division for Global Mission 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. 2.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 3.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. 4.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.

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

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 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 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 NEW AREAS OF WORK!! 1.Senegal 2.Mekong Delta 3.Slovakia 4.Wittenberg, Germany

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