"Peace if possible; truth at all costs." - Martin luther

To create God’s beloved community, the ELCA must turn away from secrecy and return to Martin Luther’s teaching on the three parts of true repentance which are confession, contrition, and satisfaction.

To create God’s beloved community, instead of the ELCA measuring its worth based upon its net worth, it needs to base its worth on how it treats its weakest members.

To create God’s beloved community, the ELCA must stop trying to save the institution; but instead focus on making and unleashing new disciples.

To create God’s beloved community, the ELCA must stop tying separation and employment agreements to requirements that prevent even fair critique of the ELCA and impede transparency; further all ELCA human resource practices should reflect ELCA core beliefs and current mission.

To create God’s beloved community, the ELCA must significantly give up space and power to Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) to integrate their way of living in community, responding to God, and distributing wealth into the DNA of the ELCA.

To create God’s beloved community, the three expressions of the ELCA must be mutually accountable and share authority with significant yet disenfranchised expressions of the ELCA [not limited to but including the Conference of Bishops, Seminaries, Colleges, Agencies, and Camps]. 

To create God’s beloved community, the ELCA must reform.