Lutheran Societies Commit Millions in Terrorism Response
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutheran Brotherhood added another $650,000 on Sept. 24 to an earlier commitment of $362,000 for "East Coast disaster relief assistance" in the aftermath of terrorist attacks Sept. 11 in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Another fraternal benefits society, Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL), had released $1 million...
ELCA Fund for Leaders in Mission Awards Sixteen Scholarships
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) awarded more than $163,000 in scholarships to provide full tuition for 16 women and men attending ELCA seminaries. The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the ELCA, presented the scholarships here Sept. 26 from the church's Fund for Leaders...
Lutherans Eulogize United Airlines Captain Jason Matthew Dahl
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- About 1,300 family, friends and United Airlines colleagues gathered at West Bowles Community Church, Littleton, Colo., Sept. 19 to say goodbye to United Airlines Captain Jason Matthew Dahl, who was at the controls of United Airlines Flight 93 when it was commandeered by hijackers Sept. 11. According...
Costs of New York Lutheran Disaster Response Effort High
NEW YORK (ELCA) -- Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) may need as much as $20 million over a three-year period to respond to a multitude of human needs here in the wake of the destruction of the World Trade Center, said the Rev. Gilbert B. Furst, LDR director, Chicago. Furst made...
ELCA Agreement May Lead to New 'Davey and Goliath' Episodes
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The producers of "Davey and Goliath," a popular, Christian-oriented children's television series that aired on commercial television in the 1950s through the early 1980s, may soon be making a pilot film and more episodes. New Davey and Goliath episodes could be created as a result of a...
ELCA Bishops Support Clergy, Members, in Wake of Sept. 11 Attacks
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- In a Sept. 14 letter to the 17,697 pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the church, thanked clergy for their ministry "during this time of national anxiety and mourning" following terrorist attacks in the eastern United...
ELCA Bishop Endorses Statement for Faith Response to Terrorism
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), joined more than 100 religious leaders of major faith groups in the United States -- including Christian, Jewish and Muslim -- in releasing a comprehensive statement on terrorism that recommends a "resolute...
Rev. Jon S. Enslin Named to Interim Role as ELCA Ecumenical Leader
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Jon S. Enslin, former bishop of the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has been named interim director of the ELCA Department for Ecumenical Affairs, effective Nov. 1. The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop-elect, appointed Enslin for...
ELCA Deepens its Advocacy Efforts Surrounding U.S. Agriculture
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- As the United States Congress considers legislation this month that will determine the nation's agriculture policy for the next decade, the Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has written to ELCA leaders in an effort to strengthen the church's...
Lutherans Respond to Attacks with Organized Relief, Resources
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A variety of resources, intended to help members and church leaders respond to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, have been posted on the Web site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The resources are being made available through Lutheran Disaster Response...
ELCA Takes Part in 'Responding to Tragedy' on the Internet Sept.
CHICAGO (ELCA) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and other faith organizations will participate in "Responding to Tragedy: A Live Video Forum for Pastoral Care Workers" on the Internet at www.faithandvalues.com Sept. 14 from 1 to 3 p.m., Eastern Time. The forum, conducted in real-time through FaithandValues.com, Lexington, Ky.,...
ELCA Leaders' Response Continues in Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Pastors and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are working with a variety of organizations in New York and Washington, D.C., to respond to enormous human needs in the aftermath of deadly terrorist attacks Sept. 11. In addition, the ELCA churchwide offices here have...
ELCA Presiding Bishop's Statement on Apparent Terrorist Attacks
ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP'S STATEMENT ON APPARENT TERRORIST ATTACKS I am shocked by today's apparent terrorist attacks upon the people in the Eastern United States. I join with all of you in mourning these enormous human tragedies. Congregations, pastors and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are praying...
ELCA Expresses Shock, Sorrow at Apparent Terrorist Attacks
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), expressed "shock" at today's apparent acts of terrorism in at least three locations in the eastern United States. ELCA congregations, pastors and members "are praying for the comfort of all people affected...
ELCA Presiding Bishop-Elect Addresses Churchwide Staff
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Saying he comes to his new call as presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) "in a spirit of gratitude and hope," the Rev. Mark S. Hanson addressed some 400 members of the churchwide staff Sept. 5 for the first time since his election....
ELCA September 2001 Calendar
ELCA SEPTEMBER 2001 4-6 Division for Congregational Ministries, Regions 1, 2, & 3 Stewardship Event, Denver Marriott West, Golden, Colo. 5 Office of the Bishop, Bishop's Convocation on the Churchwide Assembly, Lutheran Center, Chicago 6-9 Department for Ecumenical Affairs, Lutheran-United Methodist Dialogue, Denver 7 Department for Synodical Relations, Installation of...
ELCA Presiding Bishop to Be Installed Oct. 6 in Chicago
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson will be installed as the third presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Oct. 6 here at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Chicago. Hanson, 54, was elected to a six-year term as presiding bishop...
ELCA Communicator Participates in White House Roundtable
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Dr. Paul D. Edison-Swift, director for resource information and networks, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) Department for Communication, was one of a dozen media literacy educators invited by White House officials to attend the "Roundtable on Faith, Media Literacy and Youth Drug Prevention" Aug. 30 at...
Lutheran Chaplain Emeritus of U.S. House James Ford Dies
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. James D. Ford, 70, chaplain emeritus of the U.S. House of Representatives, and a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), died Aug. 27 at a Washington, D.C., marina. Ford retired in 2000 after serving 21 years as the 58th chaplain of the...
ELCA Latino Congregations Talk Together about Tough Issues
CHICAGO (ELCA) "Dialogando en Conjunto como Cristianos" (Talking Together as Christians) is a new Spanish-language resource designed for Latino congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to talk together about difficult ethical and social issues. The resource "presents a process which helps Latino Christians deal with issues they...
