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…
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” 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…
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)…
An ELCA delegation, led by ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton, participated in the Conference of National Black Churches annual gathering in Charleston, S.C., Dec. 13-15. The conference represents eight…
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…
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…
“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…
This year’s “God’s work. Our hands.” event extended to October when the four congregations of Cross Roads Lutheran Parish of the Northeastern Iowa Synod delivered meals and prayers to farmers…
What started as one woman’s idea for making a difference in her neighborhood has turned into a global phenomenon. Jessica McClard, a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville,…
In the small town of Mattawa, Wash., members of Grace Lutheran Church and Iglesias de Dios Vivo (Church of the Living God), a Pentecostal Latino congregation, gathered on Sept. 14…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton joined Lutheran and Catholic leaders for a joint ecumenical commemoration of the Reformation Oct. 31 in Lund, Sweden. Pope Francis; Munib Younan, bishop of the…
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