This year concerns about safety during the COVID-19 pandemic led to rescheduled or canceled synod assemblies. For synods that rescheduled, it was a historic moment as it is the first…
Anne Edison-Albright, Decorah, Iowa, was elected Sept. 26 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the East Central Synod of Wisconsin of the ELCA. The election took place during…
Patricia J. Lull was elected Sept. 25 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during an…
In response to the Sept. 23 grand jury decision in the police killing of Breonna Taylor, Elizabeth Eaton, ELCA presiding bishop, and William Gafkjen, bishop of the ELCA Indiana-Kentucky Synod,…
In response to the Sept. 23 grand jury decision in Louisville, Ky., ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and ELCA Indiana-Kentucky Synod Bishop William Gafkjen have offered a word of prayer and…
On Sept. 18, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton issued a statement in response to “the very disturbing account of human rights violations against immigrant women in custody in the privately…
On Aug. 10, a derecho—a powerful line of thunderstorms with severe winds—swept through the Midwest, with wind speeds reaching as high as 126 mph in Iowa. In Cedar Rapids, nearly…
Laura Barbins, Mentor, Ohio, was elected Sept. 12 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during an online…
On Sunday, Sept. 13, the ELCA will observe “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday. Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, ELCA members will mark the annual day of service…
In the wake of this summer’s racial justice events—the protests that followed the killing of George Floyd, the fifth anniversary of the Emanuel Nine shooting, the increasingly widespread recognition of…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a Labor Day message on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic “has revealed the heroics and faithfulness of the many we now know…
Amy Odgren, Walker, Minn., was elected Aug. 29 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during an online…
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