Migrant Justice Team
Support Immigrant Pastors
Your gift supports immigrant pastors who offer worship, counsel, and community in new and unfamiliar places. While caring for their communities, they are struggling through paperwork, financial strain, and increasingly difficult legal realities.
Through the La Crosse Area Synod, your donation helps funding for legal representation so these leaders can care for their communities with dignity and hope.
Thank you for walking alongside them in faith and service.
Support Immigrant Families
Help us to support Immigrant Families Now!
At La Crosse Area Synod, we know that every person is a child of God, deserving of love, respect and dignity. This includes immgrants trying to make this area their new home. Every act of kindness, every dollar, and every moment of your time helps us communicate God's love for those who are in most need. You can help a family in need today!
How you can help power our mission:
Donate: Every dollar counts. Contribute now to help us reach our goal.
Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.
Advocate: Speak out about our need to welcome and care for the stranger.
Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.
Resources
Welcome Immigrants
Statements and Press Releases
PDF - Press Release - Joint Statement on Immigration from ELCA Bishops in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
Presiding Bishop Eaton Issues Pastoral Message on Executive Orders
Statement from the Asociacion de Ministerios Latinos de la ELCA
Resources for Creating a Congregation Statement or Plan
AMMPARO, Migrant Ministry of the ELCA - Resources for prayer, becoming a welcoming congregation, advocacy and accompaniment, and giving generously
“Know Your Rights” Red Card Resource and Campaign - Printed resource in English and Spanish to provide community members awareness of rights
Webinar, “Immigration & Faith Communities Preparing and Protecting Organizations” from the ACLU and Wisconsin Council of Churches | Tuesday, January 28, 2025 | 2-3:15 pm
Factsheet from ELCA Legal Counsel on rescission of “Protected Areas Policies” a.k.a. “sanctuary” from the National Immigration Law Center - Understand the most up to date legislation on the term, “sanctuary,” as it pertains to immigrants, congregations, and learning centers
ELCA Social Message, “Government and Civic Engagement in the United States: Discipleship in a Democracy”
Resources from ELCA Witness in Society Team
Migrant Justice Statements
Joint Statement on Immigration from ELCA Bishops in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
Statement in Response to the Executive Orders of the United States Government Jan 22, 2025
Presiding Bishop Eaton Issues Pastoral Message on Executive Orders
The mission statement of the Migrant Justice Team is as follows:
To facilitate the ongoing work of “Cultivating Life-Giving Relationships Rooted in God’s Love” with the migrants in the communities of the La Crosse Area Synod.
We do this work by coordinating:
Volunteer Opportunities
Giving Opportunities
Advocacy Opportunities
Community Building Opportunities
Educational Opportunities
The team is a sub-committee of the Synod Church in Society Committee and is actively pursuing these opportunities. We are seeking to involve congregations and individuals from throughout our Synod. You are invited to participate with financial support, or by joining with us in the ministry we are doing. We are seeking volunteers who would like to serve on this sub-committee. You are welcome to join in this important and meaningful work! If you are interested or want more information, contact Irene TenEyck at MigrantJusticeTeam@LaCrosseAreaSynod.org.