When New York State Pride reached out to local churches in the early 2000s seeking shelter space for LGBTQIA+ youth during the coldest months of the year, Trinity Lutheran Church…
Amira Pechauer isn’t just a parishioner at Hephatha Lutheran Church in Milwaukee. The 18-year-old has been honing her leadership skills to do more than just sit in the pews on…
Christians live out their baptismal vocation in service to the world in many ways. The ELCA affirms that civic participation—including voting, public advocacy and community engagement—is one of those ways….
Ingrid Arneson Rasmussen, a pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, was handcuffed and arrested in January for kneeling in the middle of a road at the Minneapolis-St. Paul…
Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement about recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court on immigration policies. “Recently, the Supreme Court issued a decision that…
On June 24, leaders from the Oregon Synod and the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA) gathered in Northeast Portland to sign documents returning the land of the former…
Four years ago, when Minnesota won the bid to host the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games, Gwen Walz was confident her state was a good fit for the event….
Women of faith can work more closely together to address the growing pushback against gender justice in countries across the globe. That was the key message from participants in an…
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the ELCA Racial Justice blog. Let’s take a trip back to high school history class: The history of enslaved people on what would…
Editor’s note: ELCA Racial Justice Ministries offers a variety of free resources that are available for digital download on the ELCA website. The next webinar in this series, “Freedom of…
The following appears in the 2022 African Descent Ministries Annual Report to remember the nine members of Emanuel American Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015. The…
More than 250 Christians gathered at the U.S. Capitol May 5-7, calling for an end to violence in the Middle East. Churches for Middle East Peace, alongside co-sponsors that included…
You have attempted to access a feature of this website that is only available to members of livinglutheran.org.
A free membership gives you a customized dashboard for curated content based on your interest, the ability to like and save articles, an optional subscription to a weekly email digest “LL Stories”, and more.
Already have an account? log in
If you are a subscriber to the LL Stories email digest from before the introduction of the new website in December 2025, your account is intact, but your password will need to be reset unless you have a login for another ELCA website.
If you have a login for another ELCA website like community.elca.org, directory.elca.org or others you can use the password associated with that login.
Logout
