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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(RNS) — The Rev. Yehiel Curry, a former lay church planter, will be installed as presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in October. (RNS) — When Yehiel Curry was first asked 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 ...

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 Rev. Kevin Shock has been elected bishop of the Allegheny Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The election took place during the synod’s annual assembly held Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at ...

A change of heart and a heartfelt conversation with his mother helped shape the Rev. Aquilino "John" Perez's journey.

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 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 ...