The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. That’s our name. At least two parts of our name, “Evangelical” and “Church,” are either misunderstood or an outright stumbling block for a significant…
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…
The term “period poverty” refers to inadequate access to menstrual hygiene tools and education. According to estimates by the Huffington Post, menstruation-related products can cost more than $18,000 in a…
Established in 1890, St. Philip Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baltimore is North America’s oldest African American Lutheran congregation. This fact is noted in ELCA documents, newspaper articles and The Lutheran…
Baltimore is home to Johns Hopkins University, renowned for its hospitals, clinics and research facilities. But despite their proximity, some of the city’s African American residents have struggled to get the…
The Mount Meru Coffee Project started with a one-word answer and has transformed into a massive undertaking of outreach and partnership between the Greater Milwaukee Synod and the Meru Diocese…
“Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce” (Proverbs 3:9). For most ELCA members, this verse describes giving in a symbolic way. For…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has been joined by 21 U.S. religious leaders in a Jan. 19 statement to President-elect Biden’s transition team calling for an extension of the New…
Editor’s note: This post was first published on the ELCA Advocacy blog. With the final election results in Georgia resolved, the 117th Congress has begun. Members were sworn into office…
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, joined leaders from the National Council of Churches in an open letter to Vice President Mike Pence, members of Congress and the…
From prison to Princeton to the pulpit. That is the road less traveled taken by Erich Kussman, pastor of St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church in Trenton, N.J. It was on that…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer…
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