The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will celebrate World Food Day and the 50th anniversary of ELCA World Hunger during a special online event, Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. The event will be hosted by the Rev. Amy Current, bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod, and Imran Siddiqui, ELCA vice president.
The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met Sept. 24-28 at the Lutheran Center in Chicago. The conference, an advisory body of the ELCA, comprises 65 synod bishops, the presiding bishop and the secretary.
The members of the ELCA Conference of Bishops speak with one voice to condemn the hateful, deceptive, violent speech
that has too readily found a place in our national discourse
The recent national spotlight on Haitian
immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, clearly has fanned flames of hate and stoked
threats of violence. The rhetoric has created discord and mistrust of
people who have already suffered civil unrest in their nation and been granted
legal protection in the United States. Our church teaches that immigrants are children
of God, made in God’s image and worthy of respect and lives of dignity.
Christopher (Chris) Johnson has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Portico Benefit Services, a separately incorporated ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He will join Portico on Oct. 7.
Political violence
has a long history but no place in democracy. This church belongs to God, and
our unity in Christ is a grace-filled and healing gift in a fractured society.
We are the church that shares a living, daring confidence in God's grace. Liberated by our faith, we embrace you as a whole person--questions, complexities and all. Join us as we do God's work in Christ's name for the life of the world.
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