Roman Catholics and Lutherans made another step toward joint commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 by issuing common liturgical guidelines for ecumenical services to mark the…
This Lent, ELCA World Hunger released 40 Days of Giving — a challenge for all ELCA members and congregations to “encourage giving spiritually, intellectually and financially” (with a $2 million…
The Olof Palme Memorial Fund in Stockholm awarded its 2015 Olof Palme Prize jointly to Mitri Raheb (above), pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Bethlehem, and Israeli journalist Gideon…
The Episcopal Church, the U.S. branch of the Anglican Communion, was suspended from participating in the life and work of the communion during a meeting in Canterbury, England, in mid-January….
Women of the ELCA announced that its grants program is being reassessed and will be on hiatus in 2016. “The grants program has helped to change lives for nearly 30…
On Jan. 22, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois announced program and staff reductions due to the state’s inability to pass a budget for the past seven months. Thirty programs and…
Members of Salem Lutheran Church, Flint, Mich., have reached out to their community amid the water crisis there by participating in rallies, providing spiritual care and serving as a donation…
Trinity Lutheran College in Everett, Wash., announced at the beginning of its spring semester that it will cease all academic instruction in May with no intention of resuming classes in…
The boards of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (Pa.) and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia adopted identical resolutions calling for “the creation of a new school of theology…
Nayef Buteh wants Americans to know that the situation in Syria is dire: “It’s getting worse every day. I can’t see hope for a better situation [anytime] soon.” For nearly…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton listens as a Syrian refugee speaks while gathered at the Lutheran World Federation Peace Oasis in the Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan. Eaton was joined by Archbishop Antje Jackelén of the Church of Sweden and Gloria Rojas Vargas, former president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile. Many families at the camp are facing their fifth winter being displaced from their homes.
Pope Francis gave final clearance for Mother Teresa — called “the saint of the gutters” for her work with the poor in India — to become an official saint. The…
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