SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Following a congregational vote held at First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, the results concluded that First Lutheran Church will not terminate its affiliation with the ...

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 ...

After years of struggling over sexuality and structural issues with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, some congregants at Fargo's Atonement Lutheran Church want to call it quits. The south ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which represents nearly 3.5 million Christians, voted Wednesday to become the country’s first “sanctuary church body,” according to church officials. The ...

Battle lines have sharpened over sexually active gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America after a conservative faction decided to form a new network of churches, and the first two ...

The Rev. Kevin T. Shock, of Howard, Centre County, will be installed as bishop of the Allegheny Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount ...

MILWAUKEE (RNS) — The ELCA Churchwide Assembly kicked off a year of celebrations: 50 years of women's ordination, 40 years of women of color being ordained and 10 years of LGBTQ people serving freely ...

Christian leaders condemned the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for its decision to install its first openly transgender bishop, calling the move a "subversion of the creation order" and proof ...

Three congregations in the Northwestern Minnesota Synod (NWMS) passed resolutions in June to part ways with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Trefoldighed Lutheran Church of rural Battle ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has become the first North American denomination to declare itself a sanctuary church, committed to supporting and sheltering migrants entering ...