Lectures Explore 'Worship in the 21st Century'
CHICAGO (ELCA) Top Lutheran and Roman Catholic liturgists will explore "Worship in the 21st Century" through a series of lectures at seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The 1999 Hein-Fry lecturers will be Dr. Mary Collins, OSB, chair of the Department of Religion and Religious Education, The...
Lutherans Respond to Tornadoes in Arkansas
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will help bring relief to the people of Arkansas after 38 tornadoes struck the state Jan. 21. Response efforts will be organized through Lutheran Disaster Response, a ministry of the ELCA and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). "There were at...
ELCA and LCMS Youth Encourage Dialogue Between Church Bodies
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ELCA)-- More than 300 young Lutherans passed a resolution "to affirm the Lutheran Student Movement-USA's (LSM) support of both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) and to encourage further dialogue between the ELCA and LCMS on how greater ecclesiastical unity might be...
ELCA Man Says Death Penalty Solves Few Problems
BALTIMORE (ELCA)-- A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) whose sister was brutally murdered, and who later witnessed the execution of her murderer, told a story of forgiveness to a national symposium on criminal justice here Jan. 22-24. Ron Carlson's sister, Deborah, was one of two people...
ELCA Hosts Multicultural Writers' Workshop
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is taking steps to increase diversity in its resources, Bible studies and devotional materials. One way to meet that effort is through the ELCA Multicultural Writers' Workshop, designed to introduce experienced writers to the range of opportunities for ELCA publications....
ELCA Answers Call for Help after Colombia Earthquake
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) sent $15,000 to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia (Iglesia Evangelica Luterana de Colombia) Jan. 28 in response to a request that Lutheran churches around the world provide $73,000 in immediate assistance for survivors of a major earthquake and aftershocks....
ELCA Youth Gathering Team Leaders, Volunteers Meet in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (ELCA) About 150 team leaders and volunteers from throughout the United States and Caribbean met here Jan. 8-10 to plan the 2000 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Youth Gathering, an international worship and learning event for young people, most of whom are Lutheran. The gathering will bring...
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...
