Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
1948 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
San Jose, CA 95126
Holy Redeemer is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The ELCA is divided geographically into synods. Holy Redeemer is in the Sierra Pacific Synod, which includes Northern California and Northern Nevada.
Each synod is divided geographically into conferences. Our conference is the Santa Clara Valley Lutheran Parish, comprising Lutheran churches in Santa Clara County.
Lutheran World Relief works with partners in 50 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover from disasters.
The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of churches, now 347 in more than 120 countries in all continents from virtually all Christian traditions.
The National Council of Churches in Christ in the USA has been the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States. The NCC's member faith groups - representing a wide spectrum of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, historic African American and Living Peace churches - include 45 million persons in more than 100,000 local congregations in communities across the nation.
The Center for Progressive Christianity provides guiding ideas, networking opportunities, and resources for progressive churches, organizations, individuals and others with connections to Christianity. TCPC promote an understanding of Christian practice and teaching that leads to a greater concern for the way people treat each other than for the way people express their beliefs, the acceptance of all people, and a respect for other religious traditions. TCPC affirms the variety and depth of human experience and the richness of each persons' search for meaning, and encourages the use of sound scholarship, critical inquiry, and all intellectual powers to understand the presence of God in human life. TCPC is opposed to any exclusive dogma that limits the search for truth and free inquiry, and encourages work that eases the pain, suffering and degradation inherent in many of the structures of society, as well as work that keeps central to the Christian life fair, open, peaceful, and loving treatment of all human beings.
California Council of Churches educates faith communities to pursue justice, equity, and fairness in the treatment of all people, in particular those most vulnerable in society. The Council represents 49 Protestant and Orthodox denominations and judicatories and over 1.5 million church members throughout California. The Council lifts up issues of concern to California's faith community such as hunger, homelessness, health care, child care, violence, civil rights, economic and environmental justice, and religious liberty.
California Church IMPACT represents the same constituency as the California Council of Churches and carries out the legislative advocacy work at the State Capitol and in Washington, D.C. on social, economic, and environmental justice issues facing our state. California Church IMPACT seeks to be a prophetic witness to the Gospel by empowering and mobilizing people of faith to be effective advocates in the public policy processes of government. In recent years, IMPACT has advocated for those who can't afford high-priced lobbyists at the State Capitol: low-income mothers, hungry children, elderly immigrants, and the homeless. Welfare reform, expanding access to health care, gun violence, civil rights, and the protection of religious liberty are some of the contemporary public policy issues we feel passionate about.
The Purpose of the Council of Churches of Santa Clara County is to be the ecumenical presence in the county. It's mission is to serve as a catalyst for its members as they act locally: to strengthen their ministries; to support each other; and, to provide moral leadership for meaningful social change.
The Interfaith Council of Economics and Justice is an association of over 400 clergy and laity. TIC addresses the crisis of working poverty and provides a moral framework for the public dialogue regarding race, religion, economic and social justice. Guided by values of love and compassion, and acting to promote human solidarity and the common good, The Interfaith Council advocates for an inclusive community of justice, abundance and peace.
Lutherans Concerned North America is a Christian ministry that affirms God's love for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. LC/NA works for the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Lutherans in all aspects of the life of their Church and congregations. LC/NA provides a place of comfort and safety. LC/NA reaches out and teachs that Christ's message, the Gospel, is for everyone equally. LC/NA calls for the blessing of committed and covenanted same-gender relationships, and for the ordination of those called to minister.
Reconciling Lutherans is a program of Lutherans Concerned / North America (LC/NA) inviting all Lutherans to publicly witness to their call for a church and world that welcome and include all:
Please sign up … even if you are a member of LC/NA!
… even if you are a member of a Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Congregation.
Each name added to this public roster of Reconciling Lutherans will strengthen the call to the church to become truly welcoming and inclusive. By revealing the true depth and breadth of support for change, the Reconciling Lutherans roster will give courage to all members and leaders, bringing closer the day when all are truly welcome.
Reconciling Lutherans is to individuals what RIC is to congregations: it is an affirmation of welcome. Whether you are a member of an RIC congregation or not, it is important for your voice to be heard as a Reconciling Lutheran.
www.gaychurch.org is a gay affirming Christian web site that contains one of the largest world-wide gay "welcoming" church directories and gay Christian bulletin boards in the world. The site also contains numerous articles on a wide range of subjects as well as in-depth studies on reconciling ones faith with their sexual orientation. These articles are presented in both English and Spanish. The site also features a Christian art gallery.
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service is a cooperative program to give refugees "a whole chance at life." LIRS works with all refugees "regardless of national origin, race, religion, culture or legal status". LIRS has increasingly reached out to those who do not fall under official federal programs. They include asylum seekers, undocumented persons and other vulnerable immigrants. Those served also include persons who are here as permanent residents and need help with legal issues or the steps to citizenship.
The ELCA Division for Church in Society focuses on addressing the needs of God's world through service, justice, peace and care of the earth. It also includes the Department for Studies, which develops drafts and social statements for the ELCA.
Augsburg Fortress Publishing is the publishing ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Project Wittenberg is a project to post on the internet a cross-section of classic and historic texts by Lutheran authors (including Martin Luther, of course!).
Holden Village is a Lutheran retreat center in the North Cascade Mountains in Washington State.
Lutheran Lay Renewal (LLR) is a independent evangelical organization of Lay people that is not affiliated with any specific congregation or synod within the Lutheran family of churches. LLR provides a means for Lutheran congregations to recognize and define, or redefine their mission, by experiencing a spiritual renewal of the membership.
Lutheran Social Services of Northern California is a part of a network of nearly 300 Lutheran social service organizations across the country. Services are available to everyone. The LSS mission is to respond to the biblical mandates of compassion and justice, affirm the inherent worth of all people and strive to prevent and alleviate human suffering.
Mt. Cross, just minutes from Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay, is one of the most beautiful places you'll visit! They offer summer camp programs, retreat facilities, challenge course activities, and various other opportunities, designed to help you experience Christian community and interrelationship with God's creation.
Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers.
Global Health Ministries is a grassroots movement that provides financial and material support to Lutheran health care mission programs in developing countries. GHM supporters believe there are significant untapped health care resources in the United States that are desperately needed by Lutheran medical missionaries and the people they serve overseas.
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization that welcomes all people to join in building simple, decent, affordable houses in partnership with those who lack adequate shelter. Since 1976, Habitat has built more than 175, 000 houses, providing shelter for nearly 900,000 people worldwide. Now at work in 100 countries, Habitat builds a house every 26 minutes. By 2005, Habitat houses will be sheltering 1 million people. Local Habitat affiliates coordinate house building and select partner families.
Heifer Project International: today, millions of people who were once hungry will be nourished by milk, eggs and fresh vegetables. Families who for generations knew only poverty will be building new homes and starting businesses. Children who once headed out to the fields to do backbreaking work will be heading into schoolrooms to learn to read. And people who never thought they'd be in a position to help someone else will be experiencing the joy of charitable giving. How is this possible? With Heifer's proven approach - almost 60 years in the making - to helping people obtain a sustainable source of food and income. Long-Term Solutions emphasizing community involvement distinguish Heifer's work from that of global relief organizations. "Passing on the Gift" means recipients agree to share the offspring of gift animals with others in need, making them equal partners with Heifer in the fight to end world hunger.
Project Equality supports organizations and their governing bodies in achieving workplace equity and diversity in order to advance social and economic justice. Project Equality collaborates with for-profit, nonprofit, religious and governmental organizations with shared values. It provides training, education, technical assistance and organizational development.
The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) joins people of faith committed to ensuring that the United States does not engage in torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of anyone, without exceptions. NRCAT is a campaign of national, regional, and local religious and secular organizations; national denominations and faith groups, local interfaith groups and congregations, and more. NRCAT believes that torture violates the basic dignity of the human person that all religions hold dear. It degrades everyone involved --policy-makers, perpetrators and victims. It contradicts our nation's most cherished ideals. Any policies that permit torture and inhumane treatment are shocking and morally intolerable. HRLC is a participating religious organization in NRCAT.
The National Farm Worker Ministry is an interfaith organization supporting farm workers as they organize for justice. Member organizations include nearly 40 national, state and local religious bodies.
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary is the Lutheran Seminary on the West Coast (in Berkeley, California).
The Graduate Theological Union is a consortium of many of the seminaries of different churches in the Bay Area, also located in Berkeley, California.
Christianity Today is an international communications ministry. They have several publications and on-line services.
Sojourners is a Christian ministry whose mission is to proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice. In response to this call, Sojourners offers a vision for faith in public life by: publishing Sojourners magazine, SojoMail and other resources that address issues of faith, politics, and culture from a biblical perspective; preaching, teaching, organizing, and public witness; nurturing community by bringing together people from the various traditions and streams of the church; hosting an annual program of voluntary service for education, ministry, and discipleship. Sojourners seeks to be guided by the biblical principles of justice, mercy, and humility.