Pipho elected bishop of the New England Synod
Faith in Action

Pipho elected bishop of the New England Synod

Nathan D. Pipho, Worcester, Mass., was elected June 7 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the New England Synod. The election took place during the synod assembly, June…

Prayer ventures: May 22
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 22

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Prayer ventures: May 8
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: May 8

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Briner reelected bishop of Southwestern Texas Synod
Faith in Action

Briner reelected bishop of Southwestern Texas Synod

Susan J. Briner, Seguin, Texas, was reelected May 5 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Southwestern Texas Synod. The election was held during the synod assembly, May…

CRLC shares insights from its listening campaign
Mission & Ministry

CRLC shares insights from its listening campaign

When Carla Christopher, co-chair of the Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church (CRLC), began the group’s “season of listening” across the entire ELCA, she expected to hear disagreement over the…

ELCA Church Council holds spring meeting
Faith in Action

ELCA Church Council holds spring meeting

The ELCA Church Council gathered at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, April 11-14. The council, which serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between…

“Christ-centered theology and preaching”
Mission & Ministry

“Christ-centered theology and preaching”

On the morning of Feb. 19, 1974, a theological struggle over ecumenism and the inerrancy of the Bible drew students of Concordia, a Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) seminary in St….

This is: SUMUD
Mission & Ministry

This is: SUMUD

The ELCA’s primary companion church in the Holy Land is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL). This Arabic-speaking community of faithful Lutherans is the primary…

Prayer ventures: April 11
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: April 11

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…

Prayer ventures: March 22
Prayer Ventures

Prayer ventures: March 22

Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life…