Stories about the ways in which the mission and ministries of the ELCA and its partner churches are lived out.
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…
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…
Big Bill Hogan’s uniform isn’t typical of a chef. From his gold and silver shoes to the bold letters that read “John 3:16” on his apron—not to mention his cape…
Suzanna Hayes says she was broken four years ago. She’d been sober for 14 years but felt stagnant in her recovery. Around that time she saw a flier for Common…
A man in flip-flops, dirty jeans and a worn T-shirt sat on a rickety chair in a migrant safe house in southern Mexico. His two teenagers stood beside him. Holding…
For nearly 200 years, Lutheran seminaries in the United States have been educating pastors, missionaries and other church workers for service in congregations, social service agencies and other countries. Thousands…
As seminaries rework the ways they train new pastors, congregations may have to alter their “image” of a pastor. “We look at the world around us, and the church, as…
The song is called “Chain Breaker” and its refrain is: “If you’ve got pain, He’s a pain taker. If you feel lost, He’s a way maker. If you need freedom…
For most of the past two centuries, healing and faith were as intertwined as the serpent encircling the rod in the symbol for medicine. Jesus and his disciples healed not…
The smiley teen, dressed in a stark white collared shirt embossed with Talitha Kumi Evangelical Lutheran School’s emblem, corrects me when I ask him and the director of the Lutheran…
In a world full of problems, it can be difficult to know how to reach out. Yet every day devoted individuals, like the volunteers at the English Learning Center (ELC)…
Students attending universities and colleges throughout the country understood the complexity of the November presidential election. When the results were tallied, many looked for outlets to express their feelings. ELCA…
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