2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly – Day five
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2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly – Day five

On day five of the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members and guests reconvened Aug. 9 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. The assembly adopted the social statement “Faith, Sexism…

ELCA Churchwide Assembly elects new secretary
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ELCA Churchwide Assembly elects new secretary

Sue Rothmeyer, a deacon who serves as executive for administration with the Office of the Secretary, was elected secretary of the ELCA by the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. She is…

ELCA Churchwide Assembly receives presiding bishop report and takes key actions
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ELCA Churchwide Assembly receives presiding bishop report and takes key actions

The 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly began its fourth day on Aug. 8 with a greeting from Agnes Abuom, the first woman and first African to serve as moderator of the…

2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly – Day four
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2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly – Day four

On day four of the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members and guests reconvened Aug. 8 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. The presiding bishop and treasurer of the ELCA…

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2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly – Day three

The 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly reconvened Aug. 7 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. During morning plenary, Chris Boerger, secretary of the ELCA, gave his report and was later presented…

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Perspective: Scraped floors, open doors

Editor’s note: This month marks the 10th anniversary of the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly’s vote to remove barriers to ordination for people in same-gender marriages. Here, Emmy Kegler reflects on…

2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly – Day two
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2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly – Day two

The 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly continued Aug. 6 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. Day two included the second plenary session, at which Elizabeth Eaton was re-elected on the first ballot…

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Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: Aug. 7

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Elizabeth Eaton re-elected presiding bishop of ELCA
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Elizabeth Eaton re-elected presiding bishop of ELCA

Elizabeth Eaton was re-elected presiding bishop of the ELCA August 6 at the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. On the first ballot, 897 votes were cast and 670 votes were needed…

2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly begins
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2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly begins

Gathering under the theme “We Are Church,” members of the ELCA began meeting in Milwaukee August 5 for the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, the highest legislative authority of the ELCA….