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ELCA pastor shares how rest is necessary for spiritual well-being
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Bishop Bos issues pastoral letter in response to Monterey Park shooting
Brenda Bos, bishop of the ELCA Southwest California Synod, has released the following pastoral letter in response to the Jan. 21 shooting in Monterey Park, Calif. It is offered in…
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Eaton offers statement on ordination of first female Palestinian pastor in Holy Land
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, issued a statement Jan. 20, ahead of the ordination of Sally Azar on Jan. 22. “On Sunday the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…
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First Palestinian woman ordained as pastor in Holy Land
Sally Azar, a Council member of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) was ordained Jan. 22 as the first female Palestinian pastor in the Holy Land. The invitation to this historic…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Jan. 11
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…
Mission & Ministry
Equipping for ministry
Beginning in the 1960s, Lutherans adopted a unique way of equipping people for ministry, as Christian leadership formation is described in Ephesians 4. A year serving a congregation as an…
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ELCA receives Lilly grant to support Compelling Preaching initiative
The ELCA has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the ELCA Compelling Preaching: Transformed Listeners Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to cultivate…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Oct. 12
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Oct. 10
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…
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ELCA Fund for Leaders awards TEEM scholarships
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the ELCA Fund for Leaders will award 375 scholarships to students attending the seven seminaries of the ELCA for the 2022-2023 academic year. This year the…
Mission & Ministry
A dream come true
“It just seemed like a wild dream.” That’s how Phyllis Anderson felt in the late 1980s when she and her colleagues began imagining a fund that would cover tuition for…
Prayer Ventures
Prayer ventures: Aug. 11
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…