In the inaugural episode of Here I Pod from ELCA advocacy, host Regina Q. Banks and featured guest Andrew Fuller, ELCA Program Director for Economic Policy, discuss the pressing issues of housing and homelessness in the United States. They explore the alarming trends, the policy landscape intersecting with these trends, as well as what faith-based organizations are seeing and doing to address these challenges. The conversation emphasizes the need for community and individual advocacy action and includes ways we all can advocate for creative affordable housing solutions. The episode concludes with a reflection on the theological implications of advocacy and the call to justice and love in the Christian faith.
History Segment Host:
Joey Chin, ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellow
Special Guests:
Rev. Sister Cora Lea Rose, Esq., ELCA Deacon - Legal Advocacy Ministry, Brookings, Ore.
The Rev. Matthew Best, serving in Harrisburg, Penn.
Here I Pod is a production of ELCA Advocacy. Join the ELCA Advocacy network: elca.org/advocacy/signup
Host: Regina Q. Banks
Production: Blake Chastain, Karen Krueger
Intro/Outro Music: "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" arranged in jazz-style, by Steven Seigart
About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of “God’s work. Our hands.,” the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA’s roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
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