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ELCA African Descent Ministries celebrates Black History Month with season three of “Talks at the Desk,” a four-part video series that will explore diverse expressions of the church. Watch episode three above now. A…
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ELCA African Descent Ministries celebrates Black History Month with season three of “Talks at the Desk,” a four-part video series that will explore diverse expressions of the church. Watch episode two above now. A…
Editor’s note: Faith-based advocacy happens wherever Lutherans are found, including through our ELCA-affiliated state public policy office network. When Washington, D.C.-based ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellow Will Milner joined a delegation…
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ELCA African Descent Ministries celebrates Black History Month with season three of “Talks at the Desk,” a four-part video series that will explore diverse expressions of the church. Watch episode…
Originally posted to ELCA African Descent Ministries Facebook page, shared with us via Nicolette Peñaranda.
Focal verse “We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the encourager, in encouragement;…
Originally posted to ELCA African Decent Ministries Facebook page, shared with us via Nicolette Peñaranda.
In honor of Black History Month, ELCA Racial Justice Ministries invited Seminarian Clair Minson to share some thoughts about this topic with our readers. What began as “Negro History Week”…
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…
Executive committee members of the ELCA’s AMMPARO strategy met in Washington, D.C., last month to discuss opportunities for highlighting migrant voices on Capitol Hill. Meetings not only advanced AMMPARO’s ministry…
Editor’s note: Part one of this story surveyed five projects that were awarded funding by ELCA Disability Ministries in 2023, especially an inclusive park being built by Emmanuel Lutheran Church…
“Heaven is a playground,” wrote G.K. Chesterton more than a century ago. If the British philosopher and champion of play were to visit modern-day Wisconsin, he would be pleased to…
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