The Oregon Synod is one of 65 synods in the ELCA, national organization of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in America, and is made up of 118 ELCA congregations in Oregon. The Oregon Synod is a community of faith, hope, and love that proclaims the good news of Jesus Christ. You are invited to discover God's joy and peace in your life, and share in reaching people in our community and world through God's Word, service, and life-changing ministries.

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) is an association of 17 Christian denominations including Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox bodies across the state that work together for unity and justice.

The Oregon Faith Roundtable Against Hunger seeks to explore the complexities of hunger by engaging diverse religious communities throughout the state in direct service and in developing solutions to
the root causes of hunger through education and public policy.

Northwest Pilot Projects : www.nwpilotproject.org

NW Pilot Project has become Portland's foremost agency serving low income
elderly, advocating to ensure the preservation of low income housing
guaranteeing a home for everyone in Portland Oregon.

Our Northeast Emergency Food Program (NEFP) meets the urgent food needs
of our North and Northeast neighbors while working to develop community solutions to secure access to adequate, affordable and healthy food. Our work is grounded in the belief that nutritious food is a basic human need and a building block for a healthy life of possibility.

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America resulted from a union of three North
American Lutheran church bodies: The American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and the Lutheran Church in America. The three churches agreed to unite in 1982 and came into being on January 1, 1988. The bishop of the ELCA is the Rev. Mark S. Hanson.

National Council of Churches : www.ncccusa.org

Since its founding in 1950, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the
USA has been the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in
the United States. The NCC's member faith groups - from a wide spectrum of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, Evangelical, historic African American and Living Peace churches - include 45 million persons in more than 100,000 local congregations in communities across the nation.

The publishing and worship supply company for the ELCA

Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian movement that seeks justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers.

Lutherans Concerned/North America : www.lcna.org

The ministries of Lutherans Concerned / North America (LC/NA) embody, inspire, and
support the acceptance and full participation of people of all sexual orientations and
gender identities, their families, friends and allies, within the Lutheran communion and
its ecumenical and global partners.

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World Links

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the broadest and most inclusive among
the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a
movement whose goal is Christian unity.

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global communion of Christian churches in the Lutheran tradition. Founded in 1947 in Lund, Sweden, the LWF now has140 member churches in 78 countries all over the world representing 66.2 million Christians.

To others, through others. Every day in 35 countries, Lutheran World Relief works to combat the causes of poverty and the dignity it robs from people’s lives.

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