After consultation with ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton and per the Sierra Pacific Synod Constitution (S8.54), the Sierra Pacific Synod Council has appointed Claire S. Burkat as its interim…
A half-dozen years ago, the members of Good Shepherd Lutheran in Wilmington, Del., asked themselves: “If our congregation were gone tomorrow, who would miss it?” “We could not think of…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral message on the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding Roe v. Wade. “Whatever personal perspective one might take on the…
Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in Montana Emergency medical technician, member of the Chippewa Cree Council of Rocky Boy and of the ELCA Church Council I’ve been the…
Stacie R. Fidlar of Rock Island, Ill., was elected June 18 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northern Illinois Synod of the ELCA. The election took place…
Harold “Dutch” Rinker’s ordination as an ELCA pastor on April 9 culminated a 20-year journey that began when he signed up for lay minister training in the Upper Susquehanna Synod….
Many congregations looking to embody an evangelizing celebration of their LGBTQIA+ leaders, members, visitors and neighbors more actively have more actively turned their attention to pronouns. But what are pronouns,…
Slavery produced deep emotional scars — soul wounds.
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. I had just started my car to drive to my internship site on June 18, 2015, when I learned from…
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, and Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) have issued a joint statement for World Refugee Day…
COVID-19 has meant many changes for many people: online school and worship, families balancing work with child care and, in too many instances, saying goodbye to loved ones. For one…
Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, will join faith and government leaders on June 17 to mark the seventh anniversary of the racially motivated shootings at Mother Emanuel African…
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