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“Easter. It is about more than an open tomb. It is the good news of the risen Christ who opens lives.” View ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson’s 2013 Easter Message.
World Malaria Day is April 25. Your congregation can join millions of people around the world in taking action. ELCA congregations are turning this day into a week, focusing on the work of the ELCA Malaria Campaign in Uganda. Take action.
Have a question about your faith? Curious about a passage in Scripture or a tradition of the ELCA? Send your question to livinglutheran@elca.org and see it answered by an ELCA pastor. | LivingLutheran.com
This spring the ELCA’s 65 synods will gather in assembly to celebrate ministries and address topics and issues facing our synods, congregations and others.
The ELCA and the African-Methodist Episcopal Zion Church entered into a shared Statement of Mission in March 2011. | See more 25th ELCA Anniversary milestones.
Lutheran peace activist Leymah Gbowee led a nonviolent women's movement that ended a 14-year civil war in Liberia. She won the Nobel Peace Prize for her peace-building work and securing the political rights and safety of women in Liberia.
For ELCA volunteer Chelsea Mathis, living in Palestine brought frustration and joy. "The worst part was realizing how helpless I am in changing the political situation," she says, "and the best part is that I have changed the future with my presence, support and simple acts of kindness."
Together ELCA members are sustaining farming and ranching communities in drought-stricken Texas. Contributions of hay came from ELCA members across the Upper Midwest. "The response has blown me away," says Harold McMillin, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Luana, Iowa. "It says something about the heart of ELCA members who respond very generously."
The 2011 ELCA Churchwide Assembly was a real eye-opener for Walter "Alook" Savetilik, a member of Alaska Native Lutheran Church in Anchorage, Alaska. His experience as a voting member at the assembly helped him learn about important initiatives like the ELCA Malaria Campaign.
With the help of ELCA members, École Saint Matthieu has risen from the rubble of the January 2010 earthquake. The new school building is strong and designed to withstand earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. "I'm happy to be back at school," says 11-year-old Josette Jean Pierre. "I'm not even scared anymore."
An ELCA scholarship helped Patricia Cuyatti, a pastor in the young Peruvian Lutheran Evangelical Church, earn her doctorate degree. "The Lutheran church in Peru has a goal to develop more leaders," Patricia says. "My personal goal is to develop my knowledge to help the church not only as an educator but also as a pastor."
More than 20 ELCA missionaries in Japan witness signs of hope in the midst of devastation following the 2011 earthquake — one of the largest on record there. ELCA members continue to stand in solidarity with the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church, helping to restore communities and lives.
Leslie Abell believes that she will make her own small but vital contribution to combating climate change. Serving at a science base in the Antarctic, Leslie says, "Everyone will be impacted by climate change, but the poor will be the hardest hit of all. I need to do my part to help."
Some who saw the risen Christ still doubted, while others, who have never seen him, believe fervently.| more »
We are called to do God's work in the world. Here are some ways we can work together:
