As an observer to what is currently taking place in the local ELCA Lutheran churches regarding whether or not to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America because of its new statement regarding ...

Curry's forerunners as African American Lutheran leaders include the Rev. Nelson Wesley Trout, the first Black ELCA synod bishop, and the Rev. Will Herzfeld, a Black presiding bishop for a predecessor ...

(RNS) — The Rev. Lenny Duncan is not your typical Evangelical Lutheran Church in America minister. Duncan is the black pastor of a mostly Afro-Caribbean congregation in one of the nation’s least ...

Conservatives upset over the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's recent decision to allow non-celibate gay clergy have voted to create a free-standing synod and study for a year whether to leave ...

CHICAGO (RNS) — When six synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected female bishops in May, they set a record for the most women chosen in one year to lead the mainline Protestant ...

Membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the country’s largest Lutheran denomination, has fallen for the 16th consecutive year, the ELCA has announced. While Lutheran churches are ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's 2009 Churchwide Assembly was a landmark gathering. After years of debate, voting members at last August's assembly opened the door for non-celibate gays to ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church released a statement Tuesday stating opposition to the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion that could overturn Roe v. Wade. The ECLA, a medium-sized denomination with ...

A new social statement from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America labels patriarchy and sexism as sins and acknowledges the church’s complicity in them. The social statement — titled "Faith, ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Protestant denomination in Minnesota, has become the first North American denomination to declare itself a sanctuary church, committed to ...

The ELCA Partners in Ministry scholarship is for unmarried children of parents on the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) Clergy Roster. Interested students who note on their Application for ...