Public Policy Advocacy
Learn more about issues concerning life (including abortion and physician-assisted suicide), marriage, family, sexuality, parental choice in education, and religious freedom.
How will you prayerfully engage?
As Lutheran Christians, we have a dual citizenship in two kingdoms: 1) spiritual and 2) earthly. As we embrace our neighbors with acts of witness and mercy, we recognize the authority of the governments and rulers that have been set in place. Yet this balance can be tricky. What do we do when the government promotes lifestyles contrary to the Word of God? How do we respond when the government intrudes into the realm of the Church?
There are several District resources below that can help—and don’t forget that the LCMS also has an abundance of resources for navigating social issues, all available here.
Reading recommendations
Click here to view the District public policy’s latest reading recommendations, including Strange New World, Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing, Live Not By Lies, Modern Fascism, and Moral Darwinism.
It’s called “The Johnson Amendment,” and since 1954, it has received criticism from a wide variety of religious folks. Indeed, it has frequently served as a prime example of the degree to which the religious liberty and free speech rights of the Church and her pastors have been unconstitutionally limited.