ELCA Program Director Moves to Carthage College
UNGLAUBE MOVES TO CARTHAGE Dr. James M. Unglaube, director for colleges and universities for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has accepted the position of director for planned giving at Carthage College, Kenosha, Wis., effective Dec. 15. "I have been blessed with 20 wonderful years of service for the Lutheran...
Liberian Refugees Future Uncertain
LIBERIAN REFUGEES FUTURE UNCERTAIN The Liberian civil war has ended, elections have taken place and the country is gradually stabilizing. Still the status of some refugees in neighboring countries remains uncertain, according to the Division for Global Mission, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Belletech Deressa the division's director for...
El Nino Mysterious Force of Nature
EL NINO: MYSTERIOUS FORCE OF NATURE From Papua New Guinea to the Andes in Latin America, encompassing southern Africa and other regions of the globe, disruptions in weather patterns and important climatic changes are being witnessed and reported. Action by Churches Together (ACT) calls the powerful El Nino weather phenomenon...
ELCA Publishing House Opened New Seminary Bookstore
NEW SEMINARY BOOKSTORE Augsburg Fortress Publishers, the publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America based in Minneapolis, opened a new bookstore on the campus of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Sept. 8. "We have a stellar store for the sale of a cross-section of theological books," said...
ELCA Calendar of Events October through December 1997
ELCA CALENDAR ELCA OCTOBER 1997 29-Nov 2 Division for Congregational Ministries, ELCA Outdoor Ministries/Association of Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Professionals Annual Conference, Wagon Trail Resort, Door County, Wis. 31 The Lutheran, Advisory Committee, Lutheran Center, Chicago 31-Nov 2 Lutherans For Life, National Convention, Adams Mark Hotel, Indianapolis 31-Nov 2 Division for...
ELCA Publishing House Finances Improved
AUGSBURG FORTRESS FINANCES IMPROVED Augsburg Fortress Publishers continues to experience a decline in sales, but also reports a decline in operating expenses. Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, is the publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Board of Trustees heard a finance report at its meeting Oct. 9-11 in...
Lutherans to Help Organize Christmas Dinners for Flood Victims
CHRISTMAS DINNERS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS "Christmas 1997 will be an important, emotion-filled time for the people affected by this year's flooding and harsh winter in the upper Midwest," said the Rev. Craig A. Boehlke, coordinator for the Upper Midwest region of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. "For some communities...
ELCA Women Celebrate 10th Anniversary
ELCA WOMEN CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the women's organization of the ELCA, invited women of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate 10 years of "grace and mercy." Women of the ELCA was established when women from three former Lutheran church bodies gathered for...
ELCA Publishing House to Focus on Children
AUGSBURG FORTRESS FOCUS ON CHILDREN The Board of Trustees of Augsburg Fortress Publishers put special emphasis on children's ministries at its meeting Oct. 9-11 in Minneapolis. Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, is the publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The board discussed "the place of children in our society...
Anderson: ELCA and Missouri Synod Should Work Together
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (ELCA) -- If closer relations between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) are not possible on the national level, regional and local Lutheran bodies should explore ways of working together, said The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the...
ELCA Leadership Fund Seeks to Pay Seminary Tuition
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The board of the Division for Ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted a plan which could supply well-trained leaders for the church into the indefinite future. Board members approved a design document detailing how the Fund for Leaders in Mission will be implemented. The...
ELCA Lutherans Explore Ecumenical Shared Congregations
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Formula of Agreement approved at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Churchwide Assembly this summer presents a "unique and historical opportunity" for the expansion of mission outreach in the United States and Caribbean, according to a document called, "Ecumenical Shared Congregations." The board of the ELCA's...
ELCA'S Presiding Bishop Asks Clinton to Support Immigrants
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is writing to President Bill Clinton and members of Congress, urging them to support a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that will allow certain undocumented aliens to become lawful immigrants. Anderson's...
ELCA Bishops Discuss Economic Life
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- "I hope you have bullet-proof vests," Rembert Weakland, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Milwaukee, told the Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, meeting here Oct. 2-7. He praised the ELCA for undertaking a process toward a social statement on economic life. The bishops discussed...
ELCA Bishops Urge Revised Concordat of Agreement
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America meeting here Oct. 2-7 recommended that the ELCA Church Council invite The Episcopal Church to take part in preparation of a proposal for full communion between the churches. The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop, presented...
Lutherans Perservere in Red River Valley Recovery Work
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- "I spent the first day of autumn breathing in dust and mold. There is dust in the air and a heavy smell of mold and mildew. But there is something else -- the sweet smell of fresh-cut lumber, the new smell of wallboard and spackling, the sounds...
Relief Workers Grabbed in Chechnya
RELIEF WORKERS GRABBED IN CHECHNYA Two relief workers were taken prisoner by armed and masked men near the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia on Sept. 20. The two men work for Action by Churches Together (ACT) and International Orthodox Christian Charities. They are Dimitri Petrov and Dimitri Piankowsky, both citizens...
ELCA Churchwide Staff Honors Sandra Tanksley
AGALIECE WESTBROOK MILLER AWARD GOES TO SANDRA TANKSLEY The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America honored Sandra M. Tanksley, 40, Chicago, with the Agaliece Westbrook Miller Award. The award was presented Sept. 15. Tanksley was honored for work against racism, sexism, classism, xenophobia and homophobia. Tanksley has been on the staff...
ELCA Seeks Human Resources Director
ELCA SEEKS HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR Thomas P. Vaaler will continue to serve as interim director of the Department for Human Resources of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, according to the Rev. Robert N. Bacher, ELCA executive for administration. In August the ELCA Church Council elected Aaron Dean, a mental...
Lutheran Communicators Gather
LUTHERAN COMMUNICATORS GATHER Communication professionals from three Lutheran church bodies gathered in Appleton, Wis., Sept. 11-14 to share ideas and stories at the 1997 Lutheran Communicator's Conference. Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL), a fraternal benefits society based in Appleton, hosted the event which brought together more than 90 writers, publishers,...
