Stories of God’s people putting their faith into tangible action in their communities.
Lydia Posselt is pastor of Family of God Lutheran Church in Buckingham, Pa. The following press release is from The Lutheran World Federation. “I belong to Christ, and you belong…
In our electronic world it seems we have two choices on how to live out our days. On the one hand, we schedule everything we do well in advance so…
In his keynote address to The Lutheran World Federation Twelfth Assembly, climate justice advocate Martin Kopp told those gathered, “Our societies and life on earth are risking collapse.” The following press…
Editor’s note: This letter celebrates God’s gift of motherhood, but we are also mindful that for some, Mother’s Day is complicated. Let us remember in our prayers neighbors among us…
The following press release is from The Lutheran World Federation “The idolatry of mammon has hijacked the world and this is only a part of the wider blasphemy by which…
Christina Jackson-Skelton, executive director for ELCA Mission Advancement is The Lutheran World Federation finance committee chairperson. She presented her report to the Twelfth Assembly May 11. The following press release is from The Lutheran World Federation. WINDHOEK,…
The Lutheran World Federation has issued the following news release. WINDHOEK, Namibia, 11 May 2017 (LWI) – The 74 million-member global Lutheran communion marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation…
Entrusting a half-million-dollar renovation investment to a construction team made up of a retired pastor, a farmer, an administrative assistant, an engineer and a salesman may seem like a risky…
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton and a delegation from the ELCA have joined Lutherans from around the globe for the 12th Assembly of The…
“If your church closed its doors tomorrow, would the surrounding community notice?” I imagine many of us have heard this line. It’s meant to encourage a congregation to be an…
In 30 years the nation’s increased racial and ethnic diversity hasn’t changed ELCA demographics, according to statistics. Since the 1980s, the U.S. Census Bureau shows the total number of African-American,…
ELCA leaders meet with Congress ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton joined more than 100 Lutheran leaders, ELCA members and international partners in Washington, D.C., March 27-29 for the 2017 ELCA…
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