Donald P. Kreiss, Detroit, was reelected May 19 to serve a third six-year term as bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod. The election was held during the synod assembly May…
Becca Middeke-Conlin, Tulsa, Okla., was elected May 7 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the ELCA Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly, May 5-7,…
Meggan H. Manlove, Nampa, Idaho, was elected April 29 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the ELCA Northwest Intermountain Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly,…
Greetings and blessings to you! In the United States, May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. In 1978, a bill was passed in the U.S. Congress and signed…
When COVID-19 first struck, many saw it as a crisis driven by such basic questions as how to get people vaccines, protective gear and food. But groups such as the…
The ELCA Church Council met electronically April 20. The council serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly. The…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has announced the launch of the ELCA’s Truth and Healing Movement. The focus of the initiative is to increase the church’s understanding…
As we near the end of Women’s History Month, we would like to feature a few of the women in our church to remind everyone that there are universal and…
As we near the end of Women’s History Month, we would like to feature a few of the women in our church to remind everyone that there are universal and…
As we near the end of Women’s History Month, we would like to feature a few of the women in our church to remind everyone that there are universal and…
As we near the end of Women’s History Month, we would like to feature a few of the women in our church to remind everyone that there are universal and…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on anti-LGBTQIA+ bills that have recently been introduced in the United States. “As we approach March 31, many…
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