Shauna Hannan was named president of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), effective July 1. “Dr. Hannan brings a rare combination of pastoral wisdom, academic distinction and visionary…
Having served as director for evangelical mission and assistant to the bishop in the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod since 2017, Melissa L. Stoller sees the Spirit calling the church to reimagine…
Elected bishop of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod on May 20, Julie E. Schneider-Thomas credits the small congregations she has served for her appreciation of resourcefulness and her reliance on…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a video message about the recent IRS ruling that suggests the agency may interpret the Johnson Amendment of 1954 in…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on yesterday’s Israeli military strike on Holy Family Church in Gaza City, which killed three people and injured…
At Messiah Lutheran Church in Ashtabula, Ohio, where I grew up, there was a drinking fountain. It was old. It was ordinary. It barely worked. But just after midnight on…
Sitting in her office on the top floor of the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Sue Rothmeyer, a deacon and the secretary of the ELCA, looks out the big windows at…
Elected May 31 as bishop of the Montana Synod, Benjamin Quanbeck calls for putting the needs of congregational leadership and communities first and enabling them to do effective ministry in…
When the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly convenes on July 28, part of the body’s business will be to consider memorials passed by synod assemblies. Memorials are one way the ELCA addresses…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement on the U.S. Congress’ passing of a budget package that she said “will have a monumental impact on…
Elected on May 31 as the first woman bishop of the North Carolina Synod, Emily Hartner sees countless opportunities for the expressions of the ELCA to share their gifts with…
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