ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton joined other faith leaders in a letter from Shoulder to Shoulder speaking out against anti-Muslim behavior. Shoulder to Shoulder is a coalition of 32 religious…
Life is more than a tiny bit easier, safer and more dignified for members of Seattle’s homeless population thanks to five teenagers and the congregation they inspired. For their final…
Young adults called to serve More than 85 young adults (below) accepted the call in April to serve as part of the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission program, an…
Lisandro Orlov explained the mission of Educación Popular En Salud (EPES, Popular Education for Health) by recounting the story of Jesus’ encounter with Bartimaeus, a blind man begging by the roadside…
At the 12th Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in May in Windhoek, Namibia, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton was elected vice president of the LWF North America region….
CHICAGO (May 18, 2017) – The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, presiding bishop of…
The following press release is from The Lutheran World Federation. WINDHOEK, Namibia, 15 May 2017 – The Twelfth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) was a milestone opportunity to…
Lydia Posselt is pastor of Family of God Lutheran Church in Buckingham, Pa. The following press release is from The Lutheran World Federation. “I belong to Christ, and you belong…
In his keynote address to The Lutheran World Federation Twelfth Assembly, climate justice advocate Martin Kopp told those gathered, “Our societies and life on earth are risking collapse.” The following press…
The following press release is from The Lutheran World Federation “The idolatry of mammon has hijacked the world and this is only a part of the wider blasphemy by which…
Christina Jackson-Skelton, executive director for ELCA Mission Advancement is The Lutheran World Federation finance committee chairperson. She presented her report to the Twelfth Assembly May 11. The following press release is from The Lutheran World Federation. WINDHOEK,…
The Lutheran World Federation has issued the following news release. WINDHOEK, Namibia, 11 May 2017 (LWI) – The 74 million-member global Lutheran communion marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation…
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