ELCA presiding bishop, other faith leaders call for arms reduction agreement extension
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ELCA presiding bishop, other faith leaders call for arms reduction agreement extension

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has been joined by 21 U.S. religious leaders in a Jan. 19 statement to President-elect Biden’s transition team calling for an extension of the New…

Lutherans in the 117th Congress
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Lutherans in the 117th Congress

Editor’s note: This post was first published on the ELCA Advocacy blog.  With the final election results in Georgia resolved, the 117th Congress has begun. Members were sworn into office…

The beginning of good news
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The beginning of good news

She was born full-term, 5 pounds. Her jaundiced head was too big, her eyes too wide, her appetite too small. Her mother knew something was wrong. After two weeks in…

ELCA Future Church design affirmed by ELCA Church Council
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ELCA Future Church design affirmed by ELCA Church Council

The Church Council of the ELCA has affirmed the proposed Future Church design that is focused on a renewed purpose to activate the entire church so that more people may…

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News from ELCA Advocacy

Most eyes were on Election Day as the end of the campaign season, and Lutherans were busy getting ready. In Washington, faith leaders held virtual town halls with candidates to…

Christopher deForest elected bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod
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Christopher deForest elected bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod

Christopher deForest, Kutztown, Pa., was elected Oct. 24 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during an online…

Cheryl Pero, ELCA theologian, advocate and educator, dies
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Cheryl Pero, ELCA theologian, advocate and educator, dies

As the church approaches All Saints Day, the ELCA mourns another storied member of our family joining the communion of saints. Cheryl Stewart Pero, a theologian, writer, advocate and educator,…