Living Into the Future Together

Living into the Future Together (LIFT) is an ELCA task force commissioned by the ELCA Church Council to develop and recommend options for the future of the ELCA in light of its identity, changes in its environment and its call to God’s mission.

The LIFT Task Force seeks input as it explores these two questions:

• What is God calling this church to be and to do in the future?

• What changes are in order to accomplish these tasks more faithfully?

If you are one who cares about the future of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, please consider joining the conversation:

• Lift Websit

• Facebook

• Twitter

• ELCA Website 

Congregations of the Northeastern Iowa Synod

Colleges and Universities

Seminaries

Resource Centers:

Resource Center, Clear Lake, IA

Northwest Synod of Wisconsin Resource Center

Reflections from the Conference of Bishops
Imagining the Future

We invite you to read four reflections presented at the March 2010 Conference of Bishops of the ELCA that focus on "Imagining the Future" and what the church will look like as it shares a living faith in Jesus Christ.  

Many Sharing One Christ by Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton Northeastern Ohio Synod	Rerooting the ELCA by Bishop Dave Brauer-Rieke Oregon Synod
Imagining the Future by Bishop Dave Brauer-Rieke Oregon Synod	2017 Church Future by Bishop Jon V. Anderson Southwestern Minnesota Synod

2010 Mayo Clinic EmbodyHealth Assessment

Windows for Understanding -- Jewish-Muslim-Lutheran Relations