The ELCA Churchwide Assembly has voted to adopt the edited social statement “Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust.” In 2022, the Churchwide Assembly authorized two reconsiderations of the social statement. The 2025 assembly addressed Reconsideration #1: a review of specific text references that “would consider the import that marriage legally is now a covenant between individuals;” review specific wording “in light of public acceptance of marriage of same-gender and gender-non-conforming couples;” and “consider references to diversity of family configurations.”

Learn more about the social statement and the reconsideration process: