Just like us
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Just like us

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, Ark., was helping resettle its first five refugee families from Iraq, the Congo and El Salvador when the White House executive order banning refugees…

Campus ministry 101
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Campus ministry 101

Jon B. Olson, pastor of Lutheran Campus Ministry at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Tia Mathre-Adams, director of Lutheran Campus Ministry for San Antonio area colleges and universities. Becca Seely, director…

Church in rural America
Mission & Ministry

Church in rural America

As she was on her way to her first worship service of the morning, Jess Felici, a pastor of Mountain Lutheran Parish, received a phone call from a member saying…

Shishmaref: Called to care
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Shishmaref: Called to care

Shishmaref, Alaska, has taken center stage as its residents fight to preserve their way of life as changes in their environment and landscape attributed to climate change pose threats. “The…

Signs of welcome
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Signs of welcome

As a child, Angela Koterwski would recite her bedtime prayers by mimicking her mother. It was the only time she would pray. While she shadowed her mother’s gestures, the little…

Lutherans build connections with Jamaican deaf ministries
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Lutherans build connections with Jamaican deaf ministries

Deaf people around the world are isolated and oppressed but can be united in faith, according to Beth Lockhard, pastor of Christ the King Deaf Church, West Chester, Pa. On this…

The Campaign for the ELCA: A look at domestic initiatives
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The Campaign for the ELCA: A look at domestic initiatives

 Launched in early 2014, the ELCA’s five-year, $198 million “Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA” is well underway. With 10 major priorities, the campaign’s comprehensive scope offers…

The Campaign for the ELCA: What you need to know
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The Campaign for the ELCA: What you need to know

Celebrating 25 years as a church body and bringing together members, congregations, synods and partners in ministry, the ELCA’s five-year, $198 million “Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the…