Title: ELCA Vision for Mission ELCA NEWS SERVICE - NEWSBRIEF February 11, 1997 VISION FOR MISSION More than 13,500 leaders from across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have responded to the Vision for Mission appeal with gifts totaling $1.2 million. The Vision for Mission Fund provides an opportunity for individual members of the ELCA to make gifts over and above congregational giving in support of global and domestic mission. The ELCA Foundation reports that an additional $148,166 in Vision for Mission gifts have been credited through the Foundation. "Since the start of Vision for Mission in 1993, over $3 million has been placed into the ELCA Foundation, and $4 million has been received in direct gifts to the fund," said Jerry Olstad, Vision for Mission director. In addition to the leadership response, the ELCA's 11,000 congregations will be asked to distribute Vision for Mission materials to every ELCA member household on May 18. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/co/news/current.html