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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

March 27, 1998

ELCA'S VISION FOR MISSION FUND
98-067-MR

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America contributed $1.5 million to the Vision for Mission Fund in 1997.
The fund provides an opportunity for individual members of the ELCA to make
gifts over and above congregational giving in support of global and
domestic mission.
          "The Vision for Mission Fund is four years old and has earned a
total of $4.5 million to support the ongoing work of the church," said
Jerry Olstad, Vision for Mission director.  The fund is intended to be an
"ongoing opportunity for celebration giving to the church and its mission,
and not a one-time appeal," he said.
     This year 21 of the ELCA's 65 synods will participate in Vision for
Mission through local outreach projects, work with the wider church, and a
companion synod project that links ELCA synods with other Lutheran churches
of the world, said Olstad.
     The ELCA Foundation reports that an endowment for the Vision for
Mission Fund has grown to $4 million.  The endowment fund will help supply
financial support for future mission projects of the church.
     The ELCA's 11,000 congregations will be asked to distribute Vision
for Mission materials to every member household on or after May 17, said
Olstad.

For information contact:
Ann Hafften, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://www.elca.org/co/news/current.html