ELCA Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada National Bishop Larry Kochendorfer and Henrik Stubkjær, bishop of Viborg in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, have issued a joint…
Editor’s note: Presented by the ELCA in partnership with Augsburg Fortress, the 2026 National Day of Racial Healing observance, “Just Us Narratives: A Night of Centering Multiracial Voices Across the…
In observance of the 2026 National Day of Racial Healing, the ELCA, in partnership with Augsburg Fortress Publishers, will host “Just Us Narratives: A Night of Centering Multiracial Voices Across…
Elected Nov. 1 as bishop of the Allegheny Synod, Kevin Shock understands the importance of congregations striving to spread good news among their neighbors. Shock has served the synod as…
Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement about the Jan. 7 shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal officer. “Alongside our siblings in Christ in…
Marking a quarter-century of full-communion partnership, The Episcopal Church and the ELCA now welcome the exchange of deacons in updated clergy exchange guidelines. Available in English and Spanish, the new…
Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement about the Jan. 3, 2026, U.S. military action in Venezuela. “I believe that this Sunday’s celebration of Jesus’ baptism,…
For some Americans, it may be easy to think that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump in July, will…
December 14, 2025 As students prepared for finals yesterday at Brown University, they found themselves a part of the ever-increasing epidemic of gun violence in the U.S. and globally. We…
December 14, 2025 Many of us awoke today to the horrific news of yet another deadly attack on the Jewish community, gathered for a Menorah lighting ceremony marking the beginning…
Green Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) polo shirts could be spotted under blazers as about 70 LDR members from 26 states strode into offices on Capitol Hill to speak with their…
In her 17 years of flying to the coastal village of Kipnuk, Alaska, to serve as its primary care provider, Anne Komulainen had never seen it like this. “The debris…
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