ELCA Hunger Leaders Consider Fund Goals, Food Bank Issues
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- About 150 local leaders involved in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) World Hunger Program met at North Park University here June 24-27. They discussed creative ways to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the World Hunger Appeal, the program's fund-raising arm, and considered a challenge to...
Jubilee 2000/USA, Relief Efforts Are Topics at Hunger Conference
CHICAGO (ELCA) A worldwide movement to cancel huge international debts held by impoverished countries is supported by many organizations and churches, including the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Advocates called on local ELCA hunger program coordinators to spread the news of the movement and work for approval of federal...
ELCA Members Provide $1 Million for Kosovo Relief
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have contributed about $1.5 million to provide emergency assistance for Kosovar refugees. "We are just delighted that our people have responded so generously," said Lita Brusick Johnson, director for the ELCA World Hunger and Disaster Appeals. "Gifts from...
ELCA Wittenberg Center Opens in Germany
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The new Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Wittenberg Center opened its doors this spring in Wittenberg, Germany. As a three-year pilot project, the center offers a place for study, tour and dialogue for congregational members, seminarians and college students. Wittenberg was home to 16th century German...
ELCA Helps Sponsor Religious Communication Congress
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- More than 1,500 religion communicators from around the world will gather March 29-April 1, 2000, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown for the Religious Communication Congress (RCC) 2000. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), along with more than 80 cooperating organizations, will sponsor the congress. Held once...
Representatives of ELCA and LCMS Meet for Talks
A 20-member panel of participants from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) met for the first in a series of three two-day discussion sessions on topics of mutual concern to the two church bodies. The first discussion session was held June 14-15 at...
Lutheran Brotherhood Awards Grants to 16 ELCA Ministries
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Sixteen ministry projects of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will share $383,500 in grants awarded by Lutheran Brotherhood as part of its 1999 ELCA Churchwide Block Grants Program. In addition, $16,500, also provided by Lutheran Brotherhood, will be allocated to ministry projects to be determined...
Lutheran Seminarians Address Plans for Full Communion
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Seminarians at one school voted in favor; others circulated a tract opposing a current proposal. Students at the eight seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have been studying two proposals for full communion which the ELCA Churchwide Assembly will consider this August in Denver....
ELCA Archives Move to New Location
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Archives and Records Center of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) recently moved to a new location in suburban Elk Grove Village, Ill., according to Elisabeth C. Wittman,director for archives of the ELCA. The move began May 26 and was completed June 11. The archives...
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ELCA Women's Fourth Triennial Convention to Meet in St. Louis
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will meet July 8-11 at the America's Center in St. Louis for its Fourth Triennial Convention. The convention will bring together thousands of participants who will explore the theme "Live God's Justice" through worship services, speeches, Bible studies,...
Lutherans, Roman Catholics to Sign Consensus October 31
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Vatican of the Roman Catholic Church will sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification on October 31, 1999, in Augsburg, Germany. LWF General Secretary Ishmael Noko and Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting...
Statement by ELCA Presiding Bishop
STATEMENT BY ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP ON ANNOUNCEMENT THAT JOINT DECLARATION WILL BE SIGNED THIS YEAR "With other Lutherans around the world I am extremely pleased to hear the news announced today that representatives of the Vatican and the Lutheran World Federation will gather on October 31, 1999, in the city...
Minnesota Lutheran Bishops Issue Statement on Farm Crisis
CHICAGO (ELCA) - Six bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), all serving in Minnesota, acknowledged there is a farm crisis in the state and called for action from policy makers, religious leaders and all residents of Minnesota. A bishop heads each of the ELCA's 65 synods. The...
1999 Global Mission Events Feature "Next Century" Theme
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Global Mission Events (GME) -- opportunities for people to learn about global and local mission, participate in Bible studies, attend a variety of workshops, hear inspirational speakers, and enjoy music and food -- are scheduled at three sites in the United States this summer under the theme...
1999 ELCA Churchwide Assembly to Consider Ecumenical Agreements
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will meet in its biennial churchwide assembly Aug. 16-22 at the Denver Convention Center. Voting members will consider full communion agreements with the Episcopal Church and the Moravian Church in America, and will consider a proposed social statement on economic...
Lutheran Vespers Adds More Stations in 1999
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Seventeen radio stations added Lutheran Vespers to their programming since January 1999, said Brenda J. Engelby. Lutheran Vespers, the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), is now heard on 220 stations in the United States, Denmark, Australia, Guam and Swaziland. Engelby, associate director...
Wells Elected Bishop of ELCA Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Martin D. Wells, 50, was elected bishop of the Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on June 5. He received 234 votes to 102 for the Rev. Mark J. Nelson, 45, on the fourth ballot during the synod's assembly in...
Mauney Elected Lutheran Bishop of Virginia Synod
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. James F. Mauney, 46, was elected bishop of the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on June 6. He received 282 votes to 167 for the Rev. Dwayne J. Westermann, 52, on the fifth ballot during the synod's assembly at Roanoke...
