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We are Church for the Sake of the World

ELCA Synod Assembly 2016

What is the role of the Church in the world? ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton says, “We’re not a social service agency with sacraments. We are the Body of Christ and together, we are church for the sake of the world.”

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