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The times are changing
These are challenging times for our nation and the world, certainly for the congregations, synods and churchwide organization of the ELCA. The great recession...
Council trims churchwide budget by $4.2 million
After a two-hour conference call meeting held in executive session, the ELCA Church Council voted Aug. 4 in open session to cut the...
On assignment for God
12-year-old volunteers to stamp out malaria.
LCMS elects new leader, approves restructuring
Delegates of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Convention elected a new president, approved a restructuring plan, voted to continue cooperative work with the ELCA, and...
Cuba's tiny Lutheran church
Members of the Florida-Bahamas Synod nurture a connection.

North Carolina ELCA Congregations Affected Little by Hurricane Earl
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- It appears that Hurricane Earl did little damage to Eastern North Carolina Sept. 3. The eye of the storm remained offshore, and Evangelical...
ELCA's Finlandia University Reports Significant Enrollment Growth
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Finlandia University, Hancock, Mich., reported it will welcome 673 students to its campus this fall, an increase of 18 percent over the 568 students...
ELCA Congregations to Host Gatherings, Strive to be Centers of Hospitality
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- People around the world are on the move, and Lutherans are examining some of the reasons why -- climate change, food security, civil and...
LDR, ELCA Synods, Social Ministry Organizations Prepare for Hurricane Earl
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Leaders and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) living along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States are preparing for Hurricane...
ELCA Commits Additional $110,000 for Pakistan Floods
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- International Disaster Response (IDR) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) announced Aug. 31 it has committed an additional $110,000 to respond to...