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Finns meet pope
Samuel Salmi, bishop of the Oulu Diocese in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and other Finnish Lutherans received communion at a Jan. 15 mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in…
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Top global risks
In its Global Risks Report for 2016, the World Economic Forum ranked large-scale involuntary migration as the No. 1 most likely risk. At a January conference, Martin Junge, Lutheran World…
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Lawsuit filed
A recent suit was filed in Cass County, N.D., against the ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod alleging discrimination against conservative members. The suit lists the ELCA; the synod; Norman Lutheran…
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Resource on Islam
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service released “My Neighbor is Muslim,” a seven-part study guide for congregations, schools and other community organizations. First developed in 2015 by Lutheran Social Service of…
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Rejecting hate
Lutheran Services Carolinas (LSC), based in Salisbury, N.C., was singled out in anti-refugee and anti-Muslim leaflets distributed Jan. 18 by the Ku Klux Klan. The leaflets were dispersed near one…
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Joint commemoration
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…
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40 Days of Giving
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…
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Raheb awarded
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…
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Church suspended
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….
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Program on hold
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…
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Cuts at LSSI
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…
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ELCA members respond to Flint water crisis
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…
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