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GUATEMALA CITY (ELCA) -- Now it can be told. When pens scratched the final signatures on peace papers Dec. 29 in Guatemala City, ending 36 years of civil war that claimed 140,000 lives, Lutherans were seen but not heard. No one mentioned the church or the Lutheran World Federation during...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Students, faculty and staff of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's colleges and universities do more than study the problem of inadequate housing for low-income families. Teaming up with Habitat for Humanity, students work to raise funds and contribute their time and talents to the construction of homes...

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe -- Some 100 African and African American Lutheran theologians attended the second Conference of International Black Lutherans (CIBL) Dec. 12-19, 1996, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The theme of the conference was "Poverty and Plenty: Bridging the Gap." "Dispersed Africans are deeply rooted here," the general secretary of the Lutheran...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Under the theme, "A Line in the Sand: Borders, Boundaries and Belief," Lutheran college students from across the country met Dec. 28-Jan. 1 in San Antonio for the Lutheran Student Movement-USA's annual national gathering. Through speakers, worship and small group discussions, 360 students and Lutheran campus ministry...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Ishmael Noko, called on the international community to help Guatemala rid itself of conditions that caused years of conflict and thus "give peace a chance" in the Central American country. Noko welcomed the Dec. 29 signing of the...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (ELCA) -- A U.S. dialogue of Lutheran and Orthodox Christians has a recommendation that would "acknowledge our mutual confession of the faith." The Dec. 16-18 meeting here concluded with the proposal that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) use the original Nicene Creed in its worship...

a chance" in Guatemala CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (lwi/elca) - The general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Ishmael Noko, called on the international community to help Guatemala rid itself of conditions that caused years of conflict and thus "give peace a chance" in the Central American country. Noko welcomed...

ELCA SUPPORTS A SHARED JERUSALEM The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has added his signature to a full-page ad regarding the city of Jerusalem developed for publication in the "New York Times." Under the headline "Heritage, Hope and Home of Two...

?THE MANGER IS EMPTY? CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ?The Manger is Empty," a dramtic Christmas story by Pastor Walter Wangerin, Jr., is being featured throughout the Christmas season as a special broadcast off ?Lutheran Vespers," the radio ministry program of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Master storyteller and popular author Wangerin...

BISHOP H. GEORGE ANDERSON?S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE ?The world needs Christmas to show us how wonderful it is to be remembered, no matter how much or how little we possess. It sensitizes us to the many ways in which the work of others blesses our lives. The world needs Christmas to...

ELCA SUPPORTS A SHARED JERUSALEM The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has added his signature to a full-page ad regarding the city of Jerusalem developed for publication in the "New York Times.? Under the headline ?Heritage, Hope and Home of Two...

SPANISH-LANGUAGE RESOURCE CATALOG The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church (WELS) have developed a 57-page catalog listing Spanish-language resources for use in congregations. ?The catalog provides the only comprehensive list of Spanish-language resources available from the three church bodies,?...

ELCA SUPPORTS A SHARED JERUSALEM The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has added his signature to a full-page ad regarding the city of Jerusalem developed for publication in the "New York Times.? Under the headline ?Heritage, Hope and Home of Two...

LUTHERAN ?BOTTLE BAND? ON LETTERMAN SHOW David Letterman will feature the ?Bottle Band? from St. Luke?s Lutheran Church in Park Ridge, Ill., on his Monday night show Dec. 23. The Bottle Band is unique. Led by Paul Phillips, a student at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, its 28...

?THE MANGER IS EMPTY? CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ?The Manger is Empty," a dramtic Christmas story by Pastor Walter Wangerin, Jr., is being featured throughout the Christmas season as a special broadcast off ?Lutheran Vespers," the radio ministry program of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Master storyteller and popular author Wangerin...

SPANISH-LANGUAGE RESOURCE CATALOG The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church (WELS) have developed a 57-page catalog listing Spanish-language resources for use in congregations. ?The catalog provides the only comprehensive list of Spanish-language resources available from the three church bodies,?...

BISHOP H. GEORGE ANDERSON?S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE ?The world needs Christmas to show us how wonderful it is to be remembered, no matter how much or how little we possess. It sensitizes us to the many ways in which the work of others blesses our lives. The world needs Christmas to...

RWANDAN REFUGEES IN TANZANIA Rwandan refugees in Tanzania, asked to go home, are fleeing deeper into Tanzania. Some are being stopped by Tanzanian soldiers and sent back toward Rwanda. Aid workers say others are slipping away toward Uganda, Kenya, Malawi or even Mozambique, saying that anywhere is better than Rwanda....

RWANDAN REFUGEES IN TANZANIA Rwandan refugees in Tanzania, asked to go home, are fleeing deeper into Tanzania. Some are being stopped by Tanzanian soldiers and sent back toward Rwanda. Aid workers say others are slipping away toward Uganda, Kenya, Malawi or even Mozambique, saying that anywhere is better than Rwanda....

LUTHERAN ?BOTTLE BAND? ON LETTERMAN SHOW David Letterman will feature the ?Bottle Band? from St. Luke?s Lutheran Church in Park Ridge, Ill., on his Monday night show Dec. 23. The Bottle Band is unique. Led by Paul Phillips, a student at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, its 28...