I’m a Lutheran: Wendy Davidson
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Wendy Davidson

“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the world. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…

Bishop Younan receives 2017 Niwano Peace Prize
Faith in Action

Bishop Younan receives 2017 Niwano Peace Prize

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) is pleased to announce that on Feb. 20 the Right Rev. Dr. Bishop Munib Younan was named the 34th…

Small congregations share strengths, struggles
Faith in Action

Small congregations share strengths, struggles

When Thomas Batterman retired from full-time parish ministry, he began serving as a supply pastor in the Dayton, Ohio, area. The call often takes him to serve small congregations in…

In pursuit of peace
Mission & Ministry

In pursuit of peace

The smiley teen, dressed in a stark white collared shirt embossed with Talitha Kumi Evangelical Lutheran School’s emblem, corrects me when I ask him and the director of the Lutheran…

I’m a Lutheran: Khadijah Islam
Voices of Faith

I’m a Lutheran: Khadijah Islam

“I’m a Lutheran” is a monthly profile featuring ELCA members around the world. The profiles showcase ELCA members in all their diversity, connecting one another through individual faith stories as…

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Mission & Ministry

Love of learning, quilting connects refugees and Lutherans

In a world full of problems, it can be difficult to know how to reach out. Yet every day devoted individuals, like the volunteers at the English Learning Center (ELC)…

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Voices of Faith

At the intersection of theater and church

The comparisons between church and theater are easy to make. Simply substitute the words parishioners for audiences, hymns for songs and sermons for monologues. Both present a message that the…

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Faith in Action

The face of the church is changing

Here is the church and here is the steeple. Open the door and see all the people. This well-known nursery rhyme, complete with hand motions, has likely been taught in…