Evangelism Gets New Wheels

They gather Sunday afternoons in a St. Paul, Minn., storefront for worship. A hodgepodge of neighborhood folks, some were raised in the Lutheran tradition. Others are hearing God’s word for the first time.

Known as Humble Walk, they’re one of 94 synodically authorized worshiping communities.  |  More

Starting New Congregations  |  2010 New Starts 

United in Doing God's Work

Iglesia Luterana La Vela in Greensboro, N.C., is one of 24 ELCA mission starts that received a communion vessel set used in worship at the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.

"We felt like God was working through all channels of the world to embrace this little tiny mission," said Pastor Kristina Johnson.  |  More 

New starts among immigrant populations

Lutherans Ask Mennonites for Forgiveness 

The Eleventh Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Stuttgart, Germany, took the historic step July 22 of asking the Mennonites for forgiveness for past persecutions.

The LWF Assembly also elected the Rev. Munib Younan as president of the Lutheran World Federation on July 24. He succeeds the Rev. Mark S. Hanson.   |  More

Family Funeral Tale Leads to Movie

The Revs. Beth Birkholz and Scott Seeke are ELCA pastors in suburban Atlanta. They're also extras (at left) in the movie "Get Low," set to release on July 30.

The story is based on Felix "Bush" Breazeale, who ran a funeral home in Tennessee. Breazeale threw himself a funeral party -- while still alive -- in 1938, so he could hear what people would say about him. Birkholz's grandfather drove the hearse.  |  More