ELCA receives Lilly Endowment grant to strengthen Lutheran Disaster Response
Mission & Ministry

ELCA receives Lilly Endowment grant to strengthen Lutheran Disaster Response

The ELCA has received a $1.2 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its initiative Hope After the Storm: Capacity Building for Faith-Based Disaster Relief Organizations. The grant will enable…

Bishop Curry issues first monthly message
From The Presiding Bishop, Mission & Ministry

Bishop Curry issues first monthly message

Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued his first entry in a new series of monthly messages. Each message will share a pastoral word, rooted in Scripture, that…

Transfigured sight on the road to Emmaus
Theology & Beliefs

Transfigured sight on the road to Emmaus

Series editor’s note: The 2026 theme for “Deeper understandings” is faithful witness in challenging times. This year various authors will explore what it means for the ELCA, and each of us as Lutherans,…

I’m a Lutheran: Stephanie Butera
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Stephanie Butera

Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Cocoa Beach, Fla. Retired executive vice president and chief operating officer, Hyatt Vacation Ownership I moved to Cocoa Beach in 2015 with my husband and…

Bishop Curry responds to shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego
From The Presiding Bishop, Mission & Ministry

Bishop Curry responds to shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego

Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement about the deadly attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego earlier this week. “In a place devoted to…

Flexible and grounded
Living Faithfully

Flexible and grounded

If you happen to walk through the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) campus on a Tuesday evening, you might see a long line of students snaking around the…

Creation care film series features ELCA faith leaders
Voices of Faith

Creation care film series features ELCA faith leaders

Four leaders from ministries across the ELCA share how their faith journeys intersect with their commitment to creation care in the seven-part short film series “Caring for the Earth: Stories…

Hope and encouragement in challenging times
Theology & Beliefs

Hope and encouragement in challenging times

Series editor’s note: The 2026 theme for “Deeper understandings” is faithful witness in challenging times. This year various authors will explore what it means for the ELCA, and each of us as Lutherans,…

I’m a Lutheran: Marty J. Uhle
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Marty J. Uhle

Messiah Lutheran Church, Fairview Park, Ohio President and CEO, Community West Foundation My wife, Laura, and I are active at Messiah Lutheran and have many friends there. We lean toward…