
Cultivating Life-Giving Relationships
Rooted in God’s Love
The La Crosse Area Synod is made up of 73 congregations that are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Together the people of the synod are living out our call to live out and share the way of Jesus through relationships that grow out of God’s love in the communities in which we live.
Synod Assembly 2025: Climate Edition
“For the Beauty of the Earth”
June 6-8, 2025
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The prevalence of child maltreatment in the United States is staggering. At least 1 in 7 children has experienced abuse or neglect in the last year, according to the U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), though the CDC cautions that abuse and neglect are often unreported.
Recognizing the church’s important role in addressing this, the ELCA Church Council authorized the develop a social message on child protection and maltreatment, as requested by the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. Social messages are ELCA teaching documents that draw from existing social teaching but focus direct attention on a particular social issue.