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Connecting money to ministry
Narrative budgets tell about God’s work through the congregation.
Faith in Action
‘Silent Night’ at 40 degrees below
Shishmaref, Alaska, is often used as an example for those wanting to tell the story of climate change in the Arctic. But Marvin Jonasen, pastor of Shishmaref Lutheran Church, says…
Faith in Action
4 resolutions for financial well-being in your congregation
The start of a new year is a wonderful opportunity to pause, think about the year ahead and resolve to make some changes. If you’re focusing on your faith community,…
Faith in Action
‘Courageous conversations’
Doris DuPree Harris and Chuck Hubbard, two Dallas-area pastors, have brought their congregations together for what they call “Courageous Conversations” about racism. The inspiration came from the 2014 Northern Texas–Northern…
Faith in Action
Youth celebrate ‘bold’ women in their lives
Bold Women’s Day, observed on the fourth Sunday in February by Women of the ELCA, celebrates Lutheran women who are boldly living their faith in Jesus Christ. Members of All…
Mission & Ministry
Food for body and soul
Hometown bakery builds community, one loaf at a time
Faith in Action
‘Gifts for Jesus’
Members of St. George Lutheran Church, Edinburgh, Ind., for years celebrated the gifts of the magi every Epiphany by offering their own gifts. Called “Gifts for Jesus,” members were invited…
Faith in Action
Megachurch growing
A satellite site of Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines, Iowa, moved this October to a new building in Waukee, Iowa. The ELCA congregation continues to experience rapid growth…
Faith in Action
The art of tradition
Whether it be caroling with the church choir, baking Christmas cookies for neighbors or making a day of selecting the perfect blue spruce to chop down and decorate, Christmas traditions…
Faith in Action
A home away from home
A congregation makes Latino outreach an important ministry.
Faith in Action
A night out in the cold
Sleeping on the hard ground was uncomfortable and their feet were cold, but youth from Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Boonsboro, Md., are wasting no time in signing up again…
Faith in Action
It happens close to home
The voice of child sexual exploitation is often the sound of deadening silence. But Cherish All Children, a decade-old national Lutheran ministry to prevent child sexual exploitation, speaks up for…
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