These resources have been developed by the ELCA and/or by the Greater Milwaukee Synod El Salvador Committee. Congregations are invited and encouraged to use these resources as guides to building healthy relationships with the Salvadoran Lutheran Church and with their sister churches in El Salvador.

Accompaniment & Relationship-Building

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Companion Synod Handbook


• Accompaniment Basics ~ from the ELCA Global Mission web site, an edited print-friendly version


• Developing and Growing Relationships: Power Point and Printable Outline ~ ideas for enlivening your companion or sister church relationship with the Salvadoran Lutheran Church, created by Linda Muth for La Fiesta 2010


• Key Questions in a Sister Church Relationship


• Sample Covenant Agreement

Sustainability Resources

• What is Sustainability? ~ a document developed by the GMS El Salvador Committee which provides definitions of sustainability from US and Salvadoran perspectives and contains a rubric for evaluating development projects


• Parameters for Institutional Development and Sustainability ~ from the Lutheran World Federation - a document inteded for use by national church bodies, but with some concepts appropriate for local thought

Helpful Guidelines & Forms

• Guidelines for Sister Churches with Scholarship Programs