About the work

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In our roles as ELCA Regional Representatives, we are a face of the ELCA for and with companions in East Africa. We work with dioceses, national churches, faith-based organizations, and other missionaries in the region.  In the ELCA's model of Global Mission, Companionship means a mutually empowering, shoulder-to-shoulder journey with another in Christ.  But this ideal of Companionship can become complicated by colonial histories, power asymmetries, and cultural differences, which get in the way of the kind of togetherness that we hope to one day find in heaven. Our job is to help the ELCA and partners work toward the ideal of what Companionship could be, be a face of the church in our journey of accompaniment, and serve with the many people in this movement which binds together brothers and sisters across oceans.