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Mission & Ministry

Young reformers’ global network

Young Lutherans are celebrating their roots, continuing the Reformation.

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Faith in Action

Widening the ELCA’s circle

How can we as a church change our white, middle-class profile?

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Faith in Action

An ‘Olive Agenda’ for America

Pope Francis realizes economics and ecology must coexist.

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Faith in Action

Fitness, fellowship and faith

Hold the post-worship pastries and put on your walking shoes.

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Mission & Ministry

A month of peaceful dialogue

Shaina Lidd, a Jewish American, and Mathilda Nassar, a Lutheran from the occupied West Bank, have a friendship that might seem unlikely to some. When they met and Nassar said…

Halloween: Trick or treat?
Faith in Action

Halloween: Trick or treat?

When the toddler daughter of a friend was just learning to talk, she spent Halloween shouting, “Trick treat! Trick treat!” She was way ahead of her time, that youngster, for…

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Faith in Action

‘True Tales from Trinity’

A stool is placed next to the lectern and an old-fashioned radio is set on top. A man wearing headphones pretends to turn on the radio and then speaks into…

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Faith in Action

Two boys but one world

“We have the means to assist people … all we need is the will.”

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Faith in Action

A home away from home

A congregation makes Latino outreach an important ministry.

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Faith in Action

Rising up together

Click here to see all the photos from the 2015 ELCA Youth Gathering. Photos by Chris Ocken. At a neighborhood park in Detroit, Callan Geier, 17,  and David Philpot, 74,…