Our denomination is a leader in ecumenical relationships, forging strategic alliances and cooperating on mission with other Christians. The ELCA now has special full-communion partnerships with six other mainline denominations….
Peter Boe, born with the name Volodja Sinegins, was about 7 and his brother was two years younger in 1944 when a woman shouting was all that stood between them…
Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Washington, D.C. Photojournalist for Reuters I believe Martin Luther King Jr. was right when he said the arc of history bends toward justice. I feel…
Not sisters by birth or blood, but sisters united through faith and service describes the Soup Sisters ministry of Christ by the Lake Lutheran Church in Bull Shoals, Ark. With…
Nota del editor: Esta es una reimpresión de la columna de junio de 2017 de la obispa presidente de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en América. Estamos en tiempos de…
Editor’s note: This is a reprint of the June 2017 column from the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. These are politically charged times. This very sentence…
Refugee receives Cal Lutheran scholarship A Syrian refugee will attend California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, this fall as the first recipient of a scholarship started through an alumna’s efforts. On…
Editor’s note: With global migration on the rise and cultural polarization increasing, there is a pressing need for peace among neighbors and nations. In this six-part series, “Lutheran legacy of…
Our society has made strides in gender equality over the last 50 years, but the #MeToo movement and the emerging struggle over LGBTQ rights have helped reveal just how much…
When we think of leaders in the early church, the first two people who come to mind are probably Peter and Paul. Peter was the “blockhead” turned into “the rock.”…
It was a moment in church history few engaged in ecumenism will forget when Pope Francis visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) June 21 in Geneva, Switzerland, as the…
Deborah K. Hutterer, Phoenix, was elected June 16 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Grand Canyon Synod of the ELCA. The election was held during the Synod…
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