ECSLA exists to serve the poor, work for justice, and build “The Beloved Community” throughout the Diocese of Louisiana. This mission is carried out by facilitating the church’s response to crisis—both in short-term disasters and long-term wounds of poverty, racism, exclusion and lack of opportunity—seeking always to serve the most vulnerable members of our communities. Through this ministry, ECSLA also creates opportunities for service learning and the mutual transformation that occurs when we encounter one another as neighbors.
We invite you to join us in striving to rebuild a more Beloved Community, where:
- Biblical standards of human decency and justice do not allow us to tolerate homelessness, hunger, or the impoverishment and diminishment of our fellow human beings.
- We cherish the image of God in each other and are blessed with an all-inclusive spirit of sister- and brotherhood.
- A critical mass of people has agreed that the attainment of these standards is possible, and God’s grace has made our hands strong to achieve them.