News from ELCA advocacy

Courtesy of ELCA Advocacy

On Feb. 13, Tracie Bartholomew, bishop of the New Jersey Synod (second from right), Dennis Frado, former director of the Lutheran Office for World Community (far right) and others who took part in the visit met with federal legislators about the Israel-Hamas war.

On Feb. 13, Tracie Bartholomew, bishop of the New Jersey Synod, joined ELCA advocacy staff to meet with federal legislators on Capitol Hill to express deep concern in accompaniment and advocacy with the church’s partners in the Holy Land and the United States. Following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel in which Hamas killed […]

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