Justin Grimm, St. Paul, Minn., was elected May 16 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during…
Joy Mortensen-Wiebe, Madison, Wis., was reelected May 16 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin of the ELCA. The election took place during the…
Amy Current, Mount Vernon, Iowa, was reelected May 15 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during…
Taryn Montgomery, Duluth, Minn., was elected April 25 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA. The election took place during the synod…
The ELCA Church Council met electronically on April 16. The council, which serves as the ELCA’s board of directors, took action on a variety of matters. In his report to…
The ELCA Church Council has elected Rachel Wind as the ELCA churchwide organization’s executive for administration, a position whose term coincides with that of the presiding bishop. Wind has served…
Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has released a message for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. “This Easter Sunday, we celebrated the good news by proclaiming ‘Alleluia!’ for the…
Craig Schweitzer has been appointed to a four-year, renewable term as executive director for the Christian Community and Leadership unit of the ELCA. Schweitzer has served as bishop of the…
In his Easter message, ELCA Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry says that even though we consider ourselves to be an Easter church, we must remember that we are also a Lenten…
Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral message for International Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31. The day marks “a time dedicated to celebrating the lives,…
Women of the ELCA will host its 2026 Triennial Gathering in Des Moines, Iowa, July 16-19, celebrating the theme “I Am Worthy,” based on Psalm 139:14—“I am fearfully and wonderfully…
Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a pastoral message on gender-based violence. “It is hard to avoid the crushing news of the headlines and what they mean…
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