Where does our congregation stand on issues surrounding racism?
What does the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America teach about racism?
ELCA Social Statements, News Releases, and other Resources
News Release: ELCA Reaffirms Commitment to Combat Racism and White Supremacy (5/29/2020) HERE
Condemnation of White Supremacy and Racist Rhetoric (ELCA Social Policy Resolution, 2019) HERE
Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture (ELCA Social Statement, 1993) HERE
ELCA Racial Justice Resources Page HERE
Response by the Trinity Church Council
Council’s condemnation of racism and white supremacy, passed unanimously on Monday, June 8 with the strong support of members of Trinity who participated in Dialogues on Race in the Fall of 2019. HERE
BOOKS
Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America, Joseph Barndt (Augsburg Fortress, 2007) HERE
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DeAngelo (Beacon Press, 2018) HERE
Dialogues on Race (Augsburg Fortress, 2019) HERE
Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the USA, Rev. Lenny Duncan (ELCA rostered pastor) (Fortress Press, 2019) HERE
PRAYERS
God, our refuge and strength, you have bound us together in a common life. In all our conflicts, help us to confront one another without hatred or bitterness, to listen for your voice amid competing claims, and to work together with mutual forbearance and respect; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (ELW, p 76)
O God, where hearts are fearful and constricted, grant courage and hope. Where anxiety is infectious and widening, grant peace and reassurance. Where impossibilities close every door and window, grant imagination and resistance. Where distrust twists our thinking, grant healing and illumination. Where spirits are daunted and weakened, grant soaring wings and strengthened dreams. All these things we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. (ELW, p 76)