Global Church Network
ELCA Global Mission
Walking and working together, we seek to accompany our companions. Accompaniment is defined as walking together in a solidarity that practices interdependence and mutuality. The ELCA lives out accompaniment in relationship with global companions, striving to share God's love and participate in God's mission together:
- Mutually: All of us have gifts to support God’s mission. There is no mission to, only mission with and among.
- Inclusively: We seek to build relationships across boundaries that exclude and divide.
- Vulnerably: Just as Jesus became vulnerable to us, we open ourselves to others.
- Empowering: We seek to identify and correct imbalances of power, which may mean recognizing and letting go of our own.
- Sustainably: To ensure local ministries last for a long time, we seek to embed mission in ongoing relationships and communities.
RMS Global Mission Committee Statement of Purpose
The Global Church Network promotes and supports connection between Rocky Mountain Synod ministries and individuals and the global church through communication, education, and immersion opportunities by:
- Building connections with synod missionaries, including Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM), communicating their stories with synod partners;
- Attending to relationships with the synod’s four companion synods in Madagascar, promoting opportunities for learning and relationship-building; and
- Partnering with other globally related entities, including synod missionaries, companion synods, the ELCA’s Service and Justice Home Area, Peace Not Walls, World Hunger, AMPARRO, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, and the Border Network, to coordinate global engagement opportunities for individuals and ministries in the RMS.
Global Service Opportunities
ELCA Global Mission personnel serve in more than 40 countries in assignments that range from a few months to eight years or more. Positions fall into four categories of service:
- Long-term (usually four or more years)
- Global Mission two-year program
- Self-funded volunteer
- (varied length) - includes teachers and health care professionals
- Young Adults in Global Mission (usually one year, young adults ages 21-29)
Get in Touch
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