CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), is the author of a new book, "Faithful Yet Changing: The Church in Challenging Times." The book presents Hanson's vision for the ELCA.
Augsburg Fortress, the Minneapolis-based publishing house of the ELCA, published the 82-page book.
"What I am hearing in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is that this church wants a bishop who will articulate the mission, rooted in word and sacrament, to which God is calling us -- and help us imagine what the church can look like for the sake of mission," Hanson said in the book's introduction. "In these challenging times, we seek together to be a church that is faithful yet changing."
In the book Hanson articulates his vision for a witnessing, worshiping, engaging, equipping, inviting, connecting, changing and praying church.
Hanson said he is receiving no compensation for the book. -- -- --
Copies of "Faithful Yet Changing: The Church in Challenging Times" can be ordered from Augsburg Fortress at http://www.augsburgfortress.org on the Web or by calling the publisher at 1-800-328-4648.
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John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORGld tter
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
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