News Releases

ELCA news releases are detailed accounts describing events and ministries of the ELCA

ELCA Receives Lilly Endowment Support to Adapt Youth Faith Formation

01/18/2023

​The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Formation Lab Project.

Lutheran Services in America and the ELCA Expand Partnership to Address Systematic Barriers for Black, Brown and Indigenous Children and Youth

01/18/2023

The ELCA awarded Lutheran Services in America a $1 million grant over two years to deepen and extend the impact of its Results Innovation Lab, a national program dedicated to achieving equitable outcomes for 20,000 children, youth and families by 2024. 

ELCA and Catholic Church Meet for 13th National Ecumenical Dialogue

01/12/2023

​Theologians and scholars representing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) met Dec. 6-8, 2022, to engage in an ecumenical, theological dialogue at St. Mary's Seminary & University in Baltimore.

ELCA presiding bishop issues message on death of Pope Benedict XVI

01/01/2023

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has issued a message on the death of Pope Benedict XVI.