Lutheran Church in Australia and New Zealand ordains first women pastors
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Lutheran Church in Australia and New Zealand ordains first women pastors

The Lutheran Church in Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ) has ordained its first female pastors. Maria Rudolph was ordained at Concordia College Chapel Highgate in South Australia on Palm Sunday,…

Foster elected bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod
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Foster elected bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod

Katrina Foster, New York, N.Y., was elected May 3 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the ELCA Metropolitan New York Synod. The election took place during the synod…

ELCA presiding bishop issues pastoral letter on the election of Pope Leo XIV
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ELCA presiding bishop issues pastoral letter on the election of Pope Leo XIV

Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral letter on the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. “We of the Evangelical Lutheran Church…

80 years after WWII
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80 years after WWII

On May 8, 1945, Europe emerged from the devastation of World War II. Eighty years later, the scars of that conflict and the subsequent occupation of Eastern Europe are still…

Is Christianity in the U.S. still declining?
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Is Christianity in the U.S. still declining?

We’ve all seen the graphs tracking the decline of U.S. Christianity, with a trendline plunging downward. But a new study from the Pew Research Center, “Decline of Christianity in the…

ELCA presiding bishop issues pastoral message on death of Pope Francis
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ELCA presiding bishop issues pastoral message on death of Pope Francis

Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral message on the death of Pope Francis. “On this Easter Monday, we of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America…