Ever since its creation 20 years ago, a North Dakota native has served a key position in the nation's largest Lutheran body. The Rev. Lowell Almen has been the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's ...

With the bang of a gavel and a moment to honor the Native Americans who first called Milwaukee home, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton opened the ELCA Churchwide Assembly. The primary decision-making ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will not remove conscience protections for members who oppose same-sex marriage, according to a church official. In 2022, the progressive mainline ...

The first female presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is slated to retire later this year after serving two terms as head of the liberal Mainline Protestant denomination. The ...

The 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) adopted “Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust” with a vote of 676 (66.67 percent) to 338 (33.33 percent) on Aug. 19. The ...

MANKATO — One of the largest groups of Christian churches in the U.S. recently voted to become a sanctuary denomination, prompting local discussions on how to put the declaration into practice. The ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls is in the process of leaving the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The church held its first vote on September 28, where 360 ...

On Saturday, Sept. 6, a total of 47 members and friends of Living Lord Lutheran Church in Bartlett participated in a variety of mission activities for a special day of volunteerism called “God’s Work.

In December, the women of the ELCA of Trinity Lutheran Church held a candlelight service of the Lord’s Prayer. The service was a memorial honoring ladies of the congregation who passed away during the ...

The leader of one of Minnesota’s largest Lutheran congregations said his Lakeville church plans to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America after the denomination loosened restrictions on gays ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (RNS) — The largest Lutheran denomination in the United States shared its Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to American Indian and Alaska Native People for the ...

MILWAUKEE (RNS) — More than 500 years ago, a monk named Martin Luther nailed 95 theses outlining his grievances with the Roman Catholic Church to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. On ...