LibGuides: LGBTQ Studies: Church Statements

ELCA Documents

ELCA Social Statements Statements on Human Sexuality
Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust
An ELCA Social Statement, approved at the eleventh biennial Churchwide Assembly on August 19, 2009, at Minneapolis, MN. En ESP: La sexualidad humana: don y confianzaI
A Message on Sexuality: Some Common Convictions
Statement adopted by the Church Council on November 9, 1996.

Lutheran World Federation

LWF has offered multiple resources and documents on Family, Marriage, and Sexuality. They can be found on the Lutheran World Federation Website in multiple languages.

Chronological Compilation of Key Official LWF Discussion and Decisions on Family, Marriage, and Sexuality, 1995-2013.
Claiming the Gift of Communion in a Fragmented World, June 2013.
Post-Council 2012 Letter to LWF Member Churches, National Committees and Recognized Congregations.
Task Force Report & Proposed Guidelines and Processes for Respectful Dialogue (Council 2007).

HRC Compilation of Faith Positions

The Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the United States, continues to update a compilation website of various religious communities and denominations' statements on human sexuality and gender identity.

Faith Positions on Sexuality and Gender

The land on which United Lutheran Seminary sits, and which stretches between its two campuses, is tribal land, inhabited originally by the Lenni Lenape, the Susquehannock, and the Seneca tribes. We honor those original caretakers of this land, and we pay respect to the original inhabitants of what we now call Pennsylvania. Acknowledging this history is consistent with the seminary’s commitment to welcome and equity, which calls us in Christ to repentance, reconciliation, and wholeness. Even though the sad history of colonization cannot be undone, this land acknowledgement is one small way for us to remember what happened here, to understand our part in this story, and to develop a more healthy relationship with the land and its original inhabitants.