From ELCA Advocacy on Support for Syrian Refugees
Please find below a statement by our Presiding Bishop on Refugees and opposing efforts by governors against the refugee resettlement program. Also below, statements by ELCA Bishops in multiple states in support of refugees.
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
Bishop Claire S. Burkat of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod
Bishop Patricia Lull of the Saint Paul Area Synod
Bishop Tracie L. Bartholomew of the New Jersey Synod
Bishop Jeff Barrow of the Greater Milwaukee Synod
Bishop Roger R. Gustafson of the Central States Synod (and Bishop Martin S. Field, Bishop, The Episcopal Church)
Bishop Michael Rinehart of the Gulf Coast Synod
Bishop Ray Tiemann of the Southwestern Texas Synod
Bishop Robert G. Schaefer of the Florida and the Bahamas Synod
Bishop Julian Gordy of the Southeastern Synod
***Bishop James Hazelwood of the New England Synod
Alaide Vilchis Ibarra
Assistant Director, Migration Policy and Advocacy | Subdirectora, Leyes Migratorias e Incidencia Política
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en América
www.elca.org/advocacy
122 C Street NW, Suite 125, Washington, DC, 20001
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