Special emphasis is given to Christian-Jewish dialogue and cooperation.
In response to a mandate from the 1993 Churchwide Assembly, the DEA developed and the ELCA Church Council issued the Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to the Jewish Community on April 18,1994. One Lutheran community in Bellingham, Washington , is already learning how to live with their sometimes controversial heritage and come together with their Jewish neighbors. Two churches in Maine supported a Jewish congregation that had been targeted by hatred. Suggestions to Lutheran pastors and church musicians on how to deal with references to the Jews in Scripture and hymnody are provided in an article from the Augsburg Fortress publication Sundays and Seasons. Challenge to the Church.