At a time when Christian-Muslim relations can seem fraught, a West African organization supported through designated ELCA World Hunger funds and congregational offerings continues to work in harmony with people…
The wide, flat and winding paths through northern Nicaragua look like well-traveled roads for four-wheel-drive vehicles. But upon closer inspection, they’re not paths at all—they’re dried up riverbeds. The Tecomapa…
U.S. joint Reformation observance held In observance of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the ELCA Conference of Bishops’ Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Committee and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’…
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton joined more than 100 Lutheran leaders, ELCA members and international partners in Washington, D.C., March 27-29 for the 2017 Advocacy Convening. The gathering, organized…
After spending nearly three years in prison for a crime he did not commit, many might expect Koua Fong Lee to be bitter about the way life has treated him….
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton met with refugees in Chicago March 21 during a visit to RefugeeOne, an affiliate partner of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. RefugeeOne is the…
A comprehensive $198 million endeavor, “Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA” is now in its fourth year and already making a significant impact, both domestically and globally….
As congregations struggle with how to manage unused space in their large buildings, Mount Olive Lutheran in Santa Monica, Calif., has become home to homeless and hungry college students. Every…
As you read this, some 225 ELCA pastors, doctors, nurses, teachers, theological educators, communicators and community organizers are serving on every continent but Antarctica. These widespread missionaries are couples, families,…
A call to action on International Women’s Day On March 8, the ELCA will join people around the world in celebrating International Women’s Day. ELCA leaders are encouraging members to…
When Tim Schannep’s husband, Tony Garcia, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the couple knew they had a battle ahead of them. What they hadn’t anticipated was how that journey would…
Big Bill Hogan’s uniform isn’t typical of a chef. From his gold and silver shoes to the bold letters that read “John 3:16” on his apron—not to mention his cape…
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