Photo: Niklaus Schillack, Church Relations Samaritas Kenneth Fouty, pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Clawson, Mich., passes water to ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton on Sunday afternoon, April 3….
For children with autism, the noise and movement of an average worship service can be challenging. For their families, finding a welcoming church home can be just as difficult. This…
ELCA international initiative equips talented women for leadership.
Her leadership, and that of other women, lasts through generations.
“When it’s done, it will [be] a seismic shift from what we’ve known.”
In the occupied areas of the Holy Land, bravery and hope survive.
It may be an awkward situation, but it needs to be addressed.
Witness without words is a witness to ourselves, not witness to Christ.
Dagny May Bankewitz, 10 months old and newly baptized, plays with confetti “seeds of faith and love” used during worship to illustrate the parable of the sower. Dagny and her…
With the fund’s help, a larger and efficient worship space was built.
Situated in eastern Africa is the newest country in the world. But newest isn’t the only way to describe South Sudan — it’s also one of the most volatile. After…
Every day nearly 150 ELCA clergy are at work ministering to the women and men of the U.S. armed forces. “As chaplains we interact with our people in some powerful…
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