Oct. 10 is the World Day Against the Death Penalty. Since October 2025, the ELCA, in partnership with synods and ELCA-affiliated state public policy offices, has sent letters to the…
The Conference of Bishops of the ELCA met Sept. 22-26 at the Lutheran Center in Chicago. The conference, an advisory body of the ELCA, welcomed six new bishops elected this…
In ELCA Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry’s message “A call to be trusted messengers in this election season,” readers received an invitation: “This year, I invite you to embrace an additional…
Leaders of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on Oct. 1, looking forward to the ways in which Lutherans and Catholics can commemorate…
In the aftermath of beloved singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist Dolly Parton’s death on Aug. 25, churches across the country have commemorated the 80-year-old American icon, her faith and her…
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Covalence, the online magazine of the Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology. The ELCA has released a theological foundation document with the aim of…
Editor’s note: Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued his fourth entry in “All together in one place,” a series of monthly messages. Each message shares a pastoral word, rooted…
Across the ELCA, a new movement is taking shape, one grounded not in a single voice but in the collective witness of a people. The ELCA’s Asian and Pacific Islander…
Editor’s note: As we observe the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, Kevin Ritter-Jung, director of media and communications for the Metropolitan New York Synod, and Kathleen Ruen, synod director of…
Editor’s note: This ELCA Worship document gives the background and practical implications for an addition to the church year calendar. Creation in Christ (or Feast of Creation), to be observed…
Editor’s note: Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued his fourth entry in “All together in one place,” a series of monthly messages. Each message shares a pastoral word, rooted…
Patricia Ann Curtis Davenport, the first African American woman to be elected a bishop in the ELCA, died Wednesday, July 29. She was 70 years old. Davenport served the Southeastern…
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