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Stewards of all ages
When 7-year-old Harlow Rice decided what he’d give to the book drive for All Saints Lutheran Church, Phoenix, he reached not for the older, worn ones on his shelf but…
Living Faithfully
Anne Edison-Albright elected bishop of the ELCA East Central Synod of Wisconsin
Anne Edison-Albright, Decorah, Iowa, was elected Sept. 26 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the East Central Synod of Wisconsin of the ELCA. The election took place during…
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Church Together – Apart: Our Response to COVID-19, Italy
Naples, Italy, was struck by COVID-19 in the spring, when the country faced the highest COVID-19 death toll in the world. Lutheran Disaster Response supported a Lutheran hospital, L’Ospedale Evangelico…
Mission & Ministry
Committed to the mission
Once part of a thriving middle-class community located near an area of heavy industry and commerce, Children’s Memorial Lutheran Church in Kansas City, Mo., began to see a gradual loss…
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Patricia Lull reelected bishop of the ELCA Saint Paul Area Synod
Patricia J. Lull was elected Sept. 25 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during an…
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Many languages, one growing church
When God spoke to him, Jean Paul Kisuku knew he had to listen. A pastor in his native Congo, Kisuku had spent years ministering through prayer groups to his fellow Congolese and neighbors in…
Voices of Faith
A weight lifted, a leader realized
Editor’s note: This year the ELCA celebrates 50 years of Lutheran women’s ordination in the United States, 40 years of the ordination of Lutheran women of color and 10 years…
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Hearing the cries
In response to the Sept. 23 grand jury decision in the police killing of Breonna Taylor, Elizabeth Eaton, ELCA presiding bishop, and William Gafkjen, bishop of the ELCA Indiana-Kentucky Synod,…
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ELCA presiding bishop, synod bishop issue pastoral word on grand jury decision in Ky.
In response to the Sept. 23 grand jury decision in Louisville, Ky., ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and ELCA Indiana-Kentucky Synod Bishop William Gafkjen have offered a word of prayer and…
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Bridging the distance
When my family left Jerusalem in January 2020 to begin a new chapter in global service, we had no idea that we’d be thrust into a worldwide pandemic and separated…
Mission & Ministry
A beacon of hope for our Lutheran Latinx siblings
Editor’s note: COVID-19 has uniquely impacted communities of color and their lives and ministries. In this series, we will feature ELCA Racial Justice reflections from each of the ELCA Ethnic…
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Empty pew perks
As Matthew 18:20 reads: “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” Lutheran congregations around the country found new meaning in this passage…
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