Lutheran Spanish-Language Resource Catalog
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
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...
ELCA Congregation to Appear on the Letterman Show
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...
ELCA Christmas Special "The Manger is Empty
?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...
Lutheran Spanish-Language Resource Catalog
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 Bishop H. George Anderson's Christmas Message
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 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 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....
ELCA Congregation to Appear on the Letterman Show
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...
Lutherans Learn From Bombing
OKLAHOMA CITY (ELCA) -- "One of our assumptions was validated. The church is equipped to respond in times of terrorism," said Elaine Richter, after a Dec. 6-8 training event here, "Responding to Terrorism." Richter is associate director of Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) -- a joint ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran...
Young Lutheran Women Are Leaders
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A three-year experience in international leadership ended recently for Julie Ann Winder, Boston, and Harolyn Light Coffer, Jefferson City, Mo. The two young women are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. They were part of the International Leadership Conference for Young Women, a program of...
Women Wait Longer for First Calls in the ELCA
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Research upholds a widely-held assumption that women in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America wait longer than men for their first job as an ordained pastor, according to a new report. In the ELCA candidates submit their credentials to a synod bishop who advocates for their assignment...
Religious Shareholders Press Texaco
RELIGIOUS SHAREHOLDERS PRESS TEXACO A few hours before the oil company announced a $170 million settlement of racial discrimination lawsuits, religious shareholders met with Texaco Chairman Peter Bijur in the offices of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, New York. More than 70 representatives of religious institutional investors -- ICCR...
The Rev. Franklin E. Sherman Joins ELCA Churchwide Staff
SHERMAN STAFFS INTERFAITH RELATIONS The Rev. Franklin E. Sherman, 68, was appointed associate for interfaith relations in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Department for Ecumenical Affairs. The department's director, the Rev. Daniel F. Martensen, said the limited staff position began Nov. 1 and will be reviewed in one year....
John O. Gilbert New CEO for Aid Association for Lutherans
GILBERT NAMED AAL CEO John O. Gilbert, 54, becomes president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Aid Association for Lutherans, a fraternal benefits society based in Appleton, Wis., on Jan. 1. He is currently president and chief operating officer (COO) for AAL. Gilbert succeeds Richard L. Gunderson, 63, who is...
Lutherans Assist with Food for Flood Victims in North Korea
FOOD FOR FLOOD VICTIMS IN NORTH KOREA Action by Churches Together (ACT) is providing relief for victims of flooding in North Korea. ACT officials believe the country will need more than one million metric tons of food aid next year. Harvests are expected to cover domestic requirements for the winter....
North Carolina Lutherans Elect Bolick
NORTH CAROLINA LUTHERANS ELECT BOLICK The Rev. Leonard H. Bolick, 50, was elected Nov. 2 to a six-year term as bishop of the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. ELCA Presiding Bishop H. George Anderson announced the election during an assembly in Winston- Salem, N.C., called...
ELCA to Celebrate Ecumenical Decade
ELCA TO CELEBRATE ECUMENICAL DECADE The international "Ecumenical Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women" is coming to an end in 1998. The Commission for Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America wants the decade to end with a bang. At its November meeting the ELCA Church Council...
ELCA Hispanic Leaders Meet
HISPANIC LUTHERAN LEADERS MEET Hispanic clergy and lay leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America talked about ways to build a strong Hispanic community within the church at a recent Los Angeles conference, "United in Mission." The group of 163 took the first tentative steps toward developing a unified...
ELCA Seminary President William Lesher to Retire in 1997
LESHER TO RETIRE IN 1997 The Rev. William E. Lesher plans to retire on June 30, 1997, as president of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, a position he has held since 1978. He submitted his resignation to the LSTC board in May to give the board time to...
