Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Raleigh, N.C. Head athletic trainer, Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club In 2012, my then-girlfriend, now my wife, Shelley, and I were visiting multiple churches in the Raleigh…
Laura Barbins was reelected June 6 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly, June 5-6 at…
In the 2026 Synod Assembly video from Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry, he explores what it means to be a connected church by sharing three stories from across the ELCA, about…
Jennifer Dee, Robesonia, Pa., was elected June 6 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during the synod assembly,…
Anne Edison-Albright, Appleton, Wis., was reelected June 5 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the East Central Synod of Wisconsin of the ELCA. The election took place during the…
Erik Christensen, Chicago, Ill., was elected June 6 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during the synod assembly, June…
The world has grown crazier than usual; life as we knew it has tilted and won’t right itself. This takes energy to process and navigate, energy we’d rather pour into…
Seventeen years ago, the 2009 Churchwide Assembly adopted the social statement “Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust,” a milestone in the church’s deliberation about sexuality. Then the 2022 Churchwide Assembly authorized…
Not all memories come flooding back because of photographs. Sometimes they can be a song, a word or phrase, or even a smell. For me, it’s barbecue. One whiff and,…
What does it look like when one diverse community gathers to support another diverse community? It might look like Lutherans for Love. A network of nine ELCA congregations in the…
Lisa Lewton, Dickinson, N.D., was elected May 31 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Western North Dakota Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during the…
Rahel Mwitula Williams has been appointed executive director for the Innovation unit of the ELCA. Mwitula Williams has served as the ELCA’s interim executive director for Innovation and its director…
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