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September 2016 news
Their lives still matter Editor’s note: In the days and weeks following the July shootings in St. Paul, Minn.; Baton Rouge, La.; and Dallas, ELCA leaders traveled to these cities…
Faith in Action
Walking toward one another, cultivating understanding
The small village where I served with the Peace Corps had never hosted a volunteer. Nestled beside one of the two roads in the country, an eight-hour bus ride from…
Voices of Faith
I’m a Lutheran: Margretta Williams
“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…
Faith in Action
Assembly: Grace Gathering spirited from the beginning
As the Grace Gathering opened in New Orleans, participants sang “I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” with guitar and fiddle music accompanying the traditional Easter hymn with a rapid beat…
Faith in Action
Assembly: A new, unified roster for lay professionals
The Churchwide Assembly voted 864-32 to create a new category of lay professional leaders, to be called deacons. There was no floor discussion of the change in how the church…
Faith in Action
Assembly: On the way
Embracing what many called a special moment in ecumenical history, the Churchwide Assembly endorsed a document listing 32 points of agreement with the Roman Catholic Church, declaring that some issues…
Faith in Action
Cincinnati churches gather to improve race relations
At the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in New Orleans, Aug. 8-13, voting members will consider several proposals, known as memorials. One memorial under consideration calls upon the ELCA to deepen relationships…
Faith in Action
August 2016 news
Reflections from Orlando In the early morning hours of June 12, a lone gunman entered Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., and killed 49 people and wounded 53 others….
Faith in Action
Synod engages in dialogue with Mennonites
As the 500th anniversary of the Reformation approaches, Lutherans from around the world are gathering to reflect how the Spirit has moved since Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses…
Voices of Faith
When God calls
When Carlos Peña arrived in Milwaukee for the 2003 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, his name was one of 152 on the ballot for vice president. Peña said he didn’t have much…
Faith in Action
Bound for New Orleans
As the summer wraps up and the youngsters prepare to head off to school, 980 voting members will be departing for New Orleans Aug. 8-13 for the 2016 Churchwide Assembly…
From The Presiding Bishop
A proclivity for paradox
A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all (Martin Luther in…