ELCA Resource Center
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Presiding Bishop Messages and Statements
Welcome to the Presiding Bishop Messages and Statements resource page. This resource page provides you a visual way to explore and download the messages and statements by the ELCA presiding bishop.
UNRWA Palestine Letter to President Biden
Letter about Syria and Iraq
Easter Message 2014
ELCA Christmas Message 2014 - Download Video
Pastoral Word on Racial Justice
ELCA Christmas Message 2014
ELCA Easter Message 2016
ELCA Christmas Message 2016
ELCA Christmas 2019 Message
Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton shares the gospel
Easter 2024 Message (Spanish)
Easter 2024 Message
Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton's Easter message - Spanish
Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton's Easter message
Bishop Statement on Anti-Trans Legislation
Bishop Eaton's Statement on the Killing of Tyre Nichols
Bishop Eaton and Abrahamic Leaders Condemn Anti-Christian Hate in the Holy Land
ELCA presiding bishop issues message on death of Pope Benedict XVI
New Inter-Religious Resources
Letter of thanks to President Biden for AVH visit
Bishop Eaton's pastoral message on SCOTUS Dobbs (Spanish)
Bishop Eaton's pastoral message on SCOTUS Dobbs
World Refugee Day 2022
World Refugee Day 2022 (Spanish)
ELCA Listening Team Report
ELCA Listening Team Report (Spanish)
Sierra Pacific Synod: Bishop's Report to the Church
Sierra Pacific Synod: Bishop's Report to the Church (Spanish)
A message from Bishop Eaton
A message from Bishop Eaton (Spanish)
Easter 2022 Message
Easter 2022 Message (Spanish)
Update - Listening Panel regarding Bishop Megan Rohrer - Spanish
Update - Listening Panel regarding Bishop Megan Rohrer
Listening Panel regarding Bishop Megan Rohrer - Spanish
Listening Panel regarding Bishop Megan Rohrer
Ecumenical Response in Lent to the Jerusalem HOC
ELCA Joins Ecumenical Family in Condemning Plans to Defile Armenian Christian Sites
Pastoral Message from Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton to Lutheran partners in Russia
Presiding Bishop Weekly Video Message, February 11, 2022
Presiding Bishop Weekly Video Message, January 21, 2022 (Spanish)
Presiding Bishop Weekly Video Message, January 21, 2022
Presiding Bishop Weekly Video Message, February 4, 2022
Presiding Bishop Weekly Video Message, January 28, 2022
Presiding Bishop Weekly Video Message, January 14, 2022 (Spanish)
Presiding Bishop Weekly Video Message, January 14, 2022
Bishop Eaton World AIDS Day video message - 2021 (Spanish)
Presiding Bishop Weekly Video Message, December 31, 2021 (Spanish)
Presiding Bishop Weekly Video Message, November 12, 2021 (Spanish)
Presiding Bishop Weekly Video Message, November 19, 2021 (Spanish)