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ELCA raises $6 million for 9/11

Members of ELCA congregations sent more than $6 million as of Dec. 31 to the ELCA for relief and rebuilding efforts after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The ELCA and the Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod are responding jointly through Lutheran Disaster Response. More than $3 million has been given by the LCMS.

Aid Association for Lutherans and Lutheran Brotherhood raised $10.7 million in aid for terrorist victims, 80 percent of which is going to Lutheran Disaster Response-New York, a joint LCMS-ELCA organization set up separately from LDR. A report on how funds sent to LDR-New York are being used to help Sept. 11 victims will appear in The Lutheran's March issue.

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