To honor and celebrate the contributions of Black Lutherans, Nicolette Peñaranda, ELCA program director for African Descent Ministries, created a quiz that highlights key figures, congregations and milestones in ELCA…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together we pray for the needs…
William G. Rusch, an ELCA pastor who was a leader in the ecumenical movement, died Jan. 16, 2025. He was 87. As the first director of the ELCA Office for…
In a groundbreaking collaboration, Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) and Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) have launched the “Bridging Together” initiative to restore connectivity in hurricane-affected regions of western North Carolina. The…
Weeks after the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in early Dec. 2024, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) country program visited Damascus to meet with partners and plan humanitarian efforts….
Editor’s note: This article was originally posted in February 2024. This display is a work in progress, and since this was posted five new leaders were included, bringing the total…
Young-adult and disability advocate John Christensen has been part of the ELCA for longer than he can remember—both his parents are Lutheran pastors. Yet he keeps finding new ways to…
On Jan. 12, Guadalupe Cortés was installed as church president and bishop of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church (Iglesia Luterana Salvadoreña or ILS) for a four-year term. The installation service was…
For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. Who knows? Perhaps…
Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures. These daily petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together we pray for…
In observance of the 2025 National Day of Racial Healing, the ELCA, in partnership with Augsburg Fortress Press, will host a free online educational event Tuesday, Jan. 21, from 10…
Nuestro Casa para Todos—which means “Our House for All”—is a new ELCA ministry serving students and neighbors of the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras. In March 2023, Nuestro…
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