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CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), said a St. Louis convention resolution The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) passed July 20 "saddens me a lot." The LCMS said, "We cannot consider them [the ELCA] to be an orthodox Lutheran...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- About 45 of the 50 consecrated diaconal ministers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will gather Aug. 6-8 in Indianapolis to discuss how the lay leaders will relate to each other and to the whole church. "Together for Ministry" is the theme for three days...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Conrad M. Thompson, 84, speaker for Lutheran Vespers from 1970 to 1982, died July 18. Lutheran Vespers is the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The funeral will be held at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Burnsville, Minn., on July 22...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are helping to distribute food and provide temporary shelter for survivors of floods that resulted from severe storms in Virginia and West Virginia July 8-10. The ELCA Domestic Disaster Response provided a $5,000 grant for Immanuel Lutheran Church,...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Income for the 10,816 congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in 2000 amounted to $2,387,673,220, up $126,468,870 or 5.59 percent from 1999, as reported in the annual tabulation of statistics from congregations, according to the Rev. Lowell G. Almen, ELCA secretary. Of total congregational...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Mission Investment Fund (MIF) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has announced new interest rates effective July 1 for its adjustable-rate and fixed-rate unsecured investment obligations. "The MIF offers investment opportunities through which ELCA members, congregations and ELCA-related institutions earn interest on their financial...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- With a total of 5,125,919 baptized members in 10,816 congregations, the membership in congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) declined slightly last year, decreasing in 2000 about one half of one percent. That figure represented a reduction of 23,749 baptized members from 5,149,668 in...

ELCA AUGUST 2001 1-3 Board of Pensions, Trustees, Marquette Hotel and Conference Center, Minneapolis 3-5 Division for Congregational Ministries, Ninguno Tome En Poco Tu Juventud, Centro Vacacional, Loiza, Puerto Rico 4 Lutheran Men in Mission, "Blueprints for Service," Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Babylon, N.Y. 6-8 Commission for Women, First...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Barbara M. Clark, principal for St. Mark's Lutheran School, Hacienda Heights, Calif., was honored by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Association of Elementary School Principals as recipient of a 2001 National Distinguished Principals Award. She will be honored at an awards banquet October 19...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) contributed $20,000 to the church's International Disaster Response fund to support relief efforts from drought conditions in northern Cameroon, a country in west-central Africa. "Drought conditions began last year, when the seasonal rains ended abruptly in July, before...

PHILADELPHIA (ELCA) -- With more than 50,000 African American, African and Caribbean people in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), only 119 people, 44 of whom were youth, attended the African American Lutheran Association (AALA) eighth biennial assembly here June 21-24, at the Wyndham Franklin Hotel. "We are not...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) recently contributed $50,000 to the church's International Disaster Response fund to support relief efforts in Sudan. Civil war and drought in the north-central African country have led to the displacement of people and to food shortages. "An estimated...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. (ELCA) -- Mission is typically seen as a commandment or a task, according to the Rev. Dr. J. Paul Rajashekar, who led a keynote presentation at the seventh biennial assembly of the Association of Asians and Pacific Islanders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (AAPI-ELCA). The assembly...

CHICAGO (ELCA) When asked what will it take for mainline Protestant churches, particularly the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), to bring people to church in the new millennium, the Rev. Marta Poling Goldenne said "it will take a willingness to speak the language of the people, which means being...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) continue to support survivors in Peru after an earthquake struck the South American country June 23. The church's International Disaster Response has provided $35,000 to support recovery operations in Peru. An initial $20,000 was provided for emergency assistance...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- During the 2001 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly, August 8-14, Indianapolis, access to news about assembly issues and actions will be available through a variety of sources. "With the help of Lutheran Brotherhood and Aid Association for Lutherans, we are pleased to be able...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A dozen one-day sessions in churches from Tacoma, Wash., to Boca Raton, Fla., are scheduled Aug. 4 through Nov. 3 to present "Blueprints for Service" to members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) who are building men's ministries in their congregations. Lutheran Men in Mission...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Forty-five of the 65 synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) completed their annual assemblies between June 1 and June 24. The most common subjects addressed by voting members in those assemblies were evangelism, implementation of a full-communion agreement of the ELCA and the Episcopal...

DECORAH, Iowa (ELCA) -- About 180 Lutherans committed to making the eradication of hunger a major priority in the United States and around the world met here June 28-July 1 for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) World Hunger Synod Leadership Gathering at Luther College, one of 28 colleges...

MINNEAPOLIS (ELCA) -- Augsburg Fortress, the publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), announced a significant reconfiguration of its business July 3 that will result in consolidated sales operations and new market resource groups. The reorganization will also result in a reduction of approximately 45 employees, including...