ELCA Members Donate $750,000 for Japan Earthquake Response
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have contributed nearly $750,000 in response to the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan March 11. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4733 For information contact: John Brooks, (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elcanews Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews
Statue in U.S. Capitol Honors ELCA Member Norman Borlaug
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The state of Iowa will honor the late Dr. Norman E. Borlaug with a statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. Borlaug, a prominent agricultural scientist at Texas A&M University and member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), was the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize recipient....
ELCA, Episcopal Church to Celebrate 10 Years of Full Communion
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will preside at a celebratory worship service in Buffalo, N.Y., May 1, marking the 10th anniversary of the full communion relationship of the ELCA and The Episcopal Church. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4731 For information...
ELCA's Concordia College Names William Craft President-Elect
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Board of Regents of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., unanimously elected Dr. William J. Craft president-elect of the college on March 21. Craft, who will become Concordia's 11th president, will begin his duties on July 11, according to a news release from the college. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4730 For...
'It Gets Better' Book Features ELCA Presiding Bishop
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- An essay written by the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is featured in a new book, "It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living." The Rev. Mark S. Hanson's essay is a transcript of his "It Gets...
ELCA Board of Pensions Prepares to Open Redesigned Annuity
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Board of Pensions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) plans to reopen its Participating Annuity Fund for new entrants this year, said John G. Kapanke, president of the ELCA Board of Pensions. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4728 For information contact: John Brooks, (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news...
ELCA Presiding Bishop Tells Orion Samuelson 'Farming is God-Given Call'
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- In an interview with well-known agricultural journalist Orion Samuelson, the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) said "farming is a God-given call and that farmers are exercising that call as they feed the hungry in the world, as they care for creation, as...
ELCA Commits $240,000 For Response to Japan Disaster
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) today committed $240,000 in response to the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan March 11. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4726 For information contact: John Brooks, (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elcanews Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews
ELCA, Haitian Lutherans 'People of the Resurrection,' Says Presiding Bishop
ITASCA, Ill. (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti are "people of the resurrection" of Jesus Christ, said the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop, in a March 5 report to the ELCA Conference of Bishops. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4724...
Japanese Lutheran Church President Thanks ELCA Members
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The president of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Rev. Sumiyuki Watanabe, expressed his gratitude to members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) for their response to the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4725 For information contact: John Brooks, (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org...
ELCA Leaders Express Concern for Ethiopian Christians Hurt by Attacks
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) offered expressions of concern and prayers for a partner Lutheran church in Africa, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, following a series of attacks and church burnings by Muslim extremists against Christians. The attacks in western Ethiopia resulted...
ELCA Missionaries Returning to Egypt
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Six missionaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will return to the ministries they serve in Egypt by the end of March. The six were among 10 missionaries temporarily evacuated from Cairo Feb. 1 on flights arranged by the U.S. government, because of protests against...
ELCA Begins Response to Pacific Earthquake, Tsunami
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is responding to a massive earthquake and tsunami March 11 that caused considerable loss of life and property in Japan. The earthquake was centered near the city of Sendai, a city in north-central Japan with a population of 1 million....
ELCA Continues Lifesaving Work in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ELCA) -- Standing atop a hill of cement rubble and twisted steel surrounded by temporary shelters wrapped in canvas tarps dotting the neighboring hills, the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), took in the sights and sounds of everyday life...
San Francisco Congregation Returns to the ELCA
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- St. Francis Lutheran Church, San Francisco, rejoined the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) late last month by ratifying a new constitution and celebrating its return in a special worship service Feb. 27. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4719 For information contact: John Brooks, (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elcanews...
'Day 1' Features ELCA Pastor on March 6
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Dr. Timothy M. Smith, senior pastor of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, is the featured preacher March 6 on "Day 1," the nationally syndicated radio program. The program includes a sermon by Smith along with interviews conducted by producer and host Peter Wallace. More:...
Arthur Rode, Former Bishop of ELCA Southwestern Texas Synod, Dies
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Arthur E. Rode, who guided the formation of the Southwestern Texas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) as its first bishop, died Feb. 28 in a hospice unit in Fredericksburg, Texas. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4718 For information contact: John Brooks, (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org...
Wisconsin ELCA Synod Bishops Respond to State Budget Stalemate
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The six bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) who serve ELCA synods in Wisconsin told the state's governor and members of the state legislature that they are praying for them as the lawmakers deal with difficult state budget issues. The bishops also called on...
ELCA Releases Proposed Social Statement on Genetics
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) today released Genetics, Faith and Responsibility, a proposed social statement on genetics, the result of more than five years of study, consultation and deliberation throughout the church. After review by the ELCA Conference of Bishops in March and the ELCA...
ELCA Provides Input for Federation Regional Committee Work, Coordination
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) joined other regional Lutheran World Federation church leaders here Feb. 11-12 to develop proposals for how they will work together to fulfill the Federation's mission in North America. The church leaders shared updates on their respective church bodies...
