Drawing on 50 years of national and international dialogue, Lutherans and Catholics on Oct. 30 made available “Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry and Eucharist,” an ecumenical document that marks…
Some male pastors of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are changing their credentials in an act of solidarity. The protest has occurred in several U.S. states after the global denomination voted…
Ann E. Helmke, an ELCA pastor from San Antonio, received the Public Citizen of the Year Award from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Helmke is director of spiritual…
William O. Gafkjen, bishop of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod, was elected chair of the ELCA Conference of Bishops at its Oct. 1-6 meeting in Chicago. The conference is an advisory body…
For the first time in its history, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh, an ELCA companion in India, ordained four women this fall. “Finally, after a long wait my…
Kelly Gissendaner, 47, featured in the October issue of The Lutheran, was reportedly singing “Amazing Grace” as she was put to death just after midnight Sept. 30 near Jackson, Ga….
More than 450 students at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, participated in City Service Day this year, an opportunity to go off campus to complete service projects in city neighborhoods. First-year students…
Celebrated composer Robert Hobby had reached a point where he wasn’t accepting commissions for new music. Instead, he was choosing to spend more time with his family and to concentrate…
As families fleeing violence, hunger, poverty and lack of security continue to arrive in Europe, the world is witnessing the most severe refugee crisis since World War II, according to…
In her first trip to Madagascar, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton visits with teachers at a school for deaf students in Antananarivo, Madagascar. She also met with Rakota Endor…
Pope Francis announced in September revisions to the Roman Catholic Church’s marriage annulment process. The new rules eliminate an automatic review of any “decree of nullity” by a second panel…
Take a look at Amazon’s best-seller list and you might be surprised to find adult coloring books in the mix. While adult coloring is mostly being marketed as a balm…
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