Their names were Tommy, Moses, Junior, John, William—and there were many others. Their mothers’ names are Oretha, Grace, Victoria, Marline, Nora—and there are many others. They were elementary, high school…
When Carla Christopher, co-chair of the Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church (CRLC), began the group’s “season of listening” across the entire ELCA, she expected to hear disagreement over the…
Find out more about each of the following Ministries of Diverse Cultures and Communities, their mission strategies, and related associations: Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations African descent (African American, Afro Caribbean,…
Khader El-Yateem is practiced in bridge-building. As pastor of Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in New York City—a congregation he started as a mission developer in 1995 and at which he…
In 1958, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church was erected on pastureland in Decorah, Iowa. Like most buildings from that era, it was heated with fuel oil. During the 1960s, the congregation…
On the morning of Feb. 19, 1974, a theological struggle over ecumenism and the inerrancy of the Bible drew students of Concordia, a Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) seminary in St….
ELCA advocacy is most effective when Lutherans across the country are involved and active. The ELCA has professional policy staff who help facilitate Lutheran advocacy efforts, but members of Congress…
The ELCA’s primary companion church in the Holy Land is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL). This Arabic-speaking community of faithful Lutherans is the primary…
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Living Lutheran continues to highlight programs and ministries that support women and promote gender justice. This week we focus on the Lutheran World Federation’s…
Visit the Healing Center to learn more about this program, and watch throughout the month for more ways in which women are celebrated and supported.
Editor’s note: In this article, Peter McLellan, ELCA program director for hunger education, reflects on the 2024 World Hunger Leadership Gathering, held Feb. 1-4 in Houston. The annual event gathers…
At its zenith, 250 people would fill the pews to worship at Bethlehem Lutheran, a historic Black church in Oakland, Calif. Today 25 parishioners file into the 100-year-old structure, where…
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