Colleges & Universities of the ELCA
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minn. www.augsburg.edu Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill. www.augustana.edu Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D. www.augie.edu Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan. www.bethanylb.edu California Lutheran Univ., Thousand Oaks, Calif. www.clunet.edu Capital University, Columbus, Ohio www.capital.edu Carthage College, Kenosha, Wis. www.carthage.edu Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. www.cord.edu Dana College, Blair, Neb. www.dana.edu Gettysburg...
Clarification
[Editors: Please substitute the following for the opening paragraph of the story previously issued under the same headline on Dec. 10, 1998.] LUTHERANS DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF WORSHIP 98-43-244-MR ORLANDO, Fla. (ELCA) -- "I believe that much of our worship is like the person in a [nationally televised sporting event]...
ELCA Colleges and Universities Are 'Best Value'
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) rank among the best in the United States, according to U.S. News and World Report's 1998 edition of "America's Best Colleges." When compared with other public and private institutions, 25 of the ELCA's 28 colleges and...
Enrollment Figures up at ELCA Colleges and Universities
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Overall student enrollment for the 28 colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has increased by 10 percent in the last decade, said the Rev. W. Robert Sorensen, executive director of the ELCA Division for Higher Education and Schools. Enrollment for students of...
Trexler Will Not Seek Re-Election as Editor of the Lutheran
CHICAGO (ELCA)-- The Rev. Edgar R. Trexler, noted church author and longtime editor of The Lutheran magazine in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the former Lutheran Church in America (LCA), announced Jan.13 he will not seek re-election at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Denver. Trexler's term officially...
World Council of Churches Assembly Inspires U.S. Lutherans
CHICAGO (ELCA) The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) nine delegates to the Eighth Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Dec. 4-13 returned from Harare, Zimbabwe, with a sense that the WCC will have a significant future. Two ELCA delegates were elected to serve on the WCC's Central...
Ecunet to Unveil New Online System May 1
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of LutherLink, the online electronic mail and conferencing system of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will soon be able to use an updated version of their online system that offers multiple access methods and reduced user fees. Ecunet, the organization that encompasses LutherLink and...
Lutherans Responded to 30 Weather Disasters in 1998
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutheran Disaster Response, a ministry of the = Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and The Lutheran Church-Misso= uri Synod (LCMS), responded to 30 weather disasters in the United States, = Caribbean and Guam in 1998, said the Rev. Gilbert B. Furst, director. =20 The number of...
Lutherans Join Protest of the School of the Americas
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Several Lutherans were among more than 2,300 marchers who entered the Fort Benning (Ga.) Military Reservation to = protest the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) and run the risk of being arrested. The demonstrators were ejected from the base Nov. 22 with the warning that...
ELCA Children's Initiative Team Begins its Work
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) leadership team members for the "Help the Children" Initiative began the task of affirming and guiding communities of faith as they are called to weave a safety net for children, their families and care givers. "The social upheavals of our...
Lutherans Lobby for Low-Income Housing Assistance
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA), Washington, D.C., wants the housing needs of low-income citizens to be a priority in the U.S. budget for 2000. LOGA is the federal public policy advocacy office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. "Many families trying to leave welfare...
ELCA Presiding Bishop Calls For Prayer
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), issued the following statement on Monday, Dec. 21: "In the midst of the current crisis in the presidency, I join with other leaders of faith communities in calling for a time of...
Lutherans Respond To 'Millions For Mitch' Campaign
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Through the World Hunger and Disaster Appeal of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), $450,000 in cash has been contributed to "Millions for Mitch" -- a campaign that involves millions = of Lutherans contributing millions of dollars for recovery efforts in Central America following the devastation...
The Lutheran Magazine Names Top Stories of 1998
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Lutheran, magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has named eight "top religion stories in the world" for 1998 and five "top religion stories in the ELCA." The lists were compiled by Willmar Thorkelson, a free-lance writer in Minneapolis, and published in the magazine's...
Lutherans Participate in 'Souper Bowl' Sunday
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- When the Rev. Brad Smith at Spring Valley Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C., made reference to the National = Football League's "Super Bowl" Sunday as "Souper Bowl" Sunday in his sermon, the senior youth fellowship of the congregation took the pun in earnest. As a result, a national...
John Brooks Named ELCA News Director
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- John R. Brooks, 42, becomes director for news and information in the Department for Communication of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on Jan. 4, 1999. He succeeds Ann E. Hafften, who resigned to become director for communications at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., a seminary...
Paiva To Lead ELCA's Latino Association
HOUSTON (ELCA) -- The Rev. Carlos E. Paiva, Iglesia Luterana Angelica (Angelica Lutheran Church), Los Angeles, Calif., was elected president of La Asociacion Luterana de Ministerios Hispanos (Lutheran Association of Hispanic Ministries) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America = (ELCA).=20 Paiva was elected by the 60 members of the...
Lutheran Vespers Airs 'A Quiet Chamber Kept For Thee'
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- "A Quiet Chamber Kept for Thee," a dramatic Christmas story by the Rev. Walter M. Wangerin, Jr., is being featured throughout December as a special Christmas broadcast of "Lutheran = Vespers," the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).=20= Wangerin, master storyteller and popular...
Leaders Respond To, Prevent Clergy Sexual Abuse in the ELCA
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- It may be one of the toughest jobs in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) -- listening very carefully to accusations of clergy sexual abuse, providing information about procedures to respond, providing pastoral care for all involved and taking action. The key 130 people who deal...
Leaders Respond To, Prevent Clergy Sexual Abuse in the ELCA
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- It may be one of the toughest jobs in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) -- listening very carefully to accusations of clergy sexual abuse, providing information about procedures to respond, providing pastoral care for all involved and taking action. The key 130 people who deal...
