ELCA Presiding Bishop, Delegation Meet Archbishop of Canterbury
LONDON (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson met with Dr. Rowan D. Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, in a private hour-long meeting Feb. 4 at Lambeth Palace here. After the meeting Hanson said the two discussed strengthening Anglican-Lutheran relationships, challenges each leader faces within his own communions, the proposed "Anglican...
Lutherans in Great Britain Represent Variety of European, African Cultures
LONDON (ELCA) -- The Rev. Timothy Dearhamer describes the congregation he serves here "as an example of what the Lutheran Church aspires to be -- multicultural and multiracial." Dearhamer, an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) pastor from Oklahoma, said regular worshipers at St. Anne's Lutheran Church include more than...
ELCA Synod Bishop H. Julian Gordy to Preach on 'Day 1,' Feb. 14
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. H. Julian Gordy, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) Southeastern Synod, Atlanta, will preach Feb. 14 on "Day 1," a nationally broadcast radio program. More http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4436 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews
Funeral for Ben Larson, ELCA Seminarian, to be Held Feb. 6
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A service of "song and prayer" for Benjamin Judd Larson will be held Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa. Immediately following the service Larson, 25, will be buried in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah. Larson, a seminary student of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
ELCA Joins in Lutheran Malaria Initiative Startup in Southern Africa
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutherans in southern Africa and staff of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met in Johannesburg, South Africa, Jan. 11-15, to plan efforts to help prevent and control malaria, and to discuss building organizational capacity to meet the challenge. More http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4432 Information about the Lutheran Malaria...
Robert S. Wilch, Former Lutheran President, Dies
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Robert S. Wilch, president of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Synod of the former Lutheran Church in America (LCA), died Jan. 29 of complications from heart surgery. He was 86. The LCA is a predecessor church body of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). More http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4433...
ELCA Northeastern Iowa Synod Council Rescinds Churchwide Assembly Responses
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) Northeastern Iowa Synod Council voted this past weekend to rescind two resolutions it adopted in November in response to the sexuality decisions of the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. The council rescinded the resolutions decisively "after extensive and open conversation," wrote...
Lutheran HealthCare, Brooklyn, Prepares for Haitians Arriving in U.S.
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Staff of the Caribbean-American Family Health Center, one of several satellite clinics of Lutheran HealthCare, Brooklyn, N.Y., are preparing to provide treatment for patients arriving in the United States from Haiti -- while at the same time caring for their own professional staff whose family members are...
ELCA Gifts to Haiti Earthquake Response Exceed $2.7 Million
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Gifts by congregations and members sent to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) for response to the earthquake in Haiti total more than $2.7 million through Jan. 29, according to ELCA Treasurer Christina Jackson-Skelton. Nearly 16,000 individual gifts have been sent to the ELCA, she said....
ELCA Presiding Bishop to Lead Delegation to Visit World Church Leaders
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- An official Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) delegation of clergy and lay leaders will travel through Europe Feb. 3-17, visiting world Christian church leaders and key staff based in London, Istanbul, Rome and Geneva. The 2010 Ecumenical Journey, led by the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA...
State of Florida Calls on Lutherans to Serve, Welcome People From Haiti
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The State of Florida has enlisted the help of Lutherans to receive Haitians with U.S. passports and accompany injured Haitians entering the United States from earthquake-ravaged Haiti. More http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/Churchwide-Organization/Communication-Services/News/Releases.aspx?a=4428 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/elcanews
Scott Roeder Convicted of Murdering Dr. George Tiller, ELCA Member
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A Kansas jury convicted Scott Roeder of first- degree murder Jan. 29. Roeder gunned down Dr. George Tiller, a member of Reformation Lutheran Church, Wichita, Kan., in the church foyer before Sunday service May 31. Tiller was one of few physicians in the United States who performed...
Lutheran College Students Airlifted Out of Machu Picchu
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Two professors and 21 students from Gustavus Adolphus College stranded in Machu Picchu, Peru, were airlifted Jan. 28 to the nearby city of Cusco. The group was among an estimated 2,500 tourists in Machu Picchu waiting to be evacuated, after heavy rains and floods produced mudslides there....
Body of ELCA Seminary Student, Ben Larson, Recovered in Haiti
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The body of Benjamin Judd Larson, an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) seminary student who died in the Haiti earthquake, was recovered Jan. 28. Larson, who was teaching theology to Lutherans in Haiti at the time of the disaster, was buried when the building he was...
'Renewing the Ecology of the ELCA Task Force' Plans Work Toward 2011
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A 12-member task force of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), plus observers from other church bodies and staff, met together for the first time this month to begin work to develop and recommend options for the ELCA's future. Task force members will seek input for...
Lutheran College Students Stranded in Machu Picchu
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Two professors and 21 students from Gustavus Adolphus College are stranded in Machu Picchu, Peru. Heavy rains and flooding produced mudslides in the area, blocking roads and limiting other means of transportation. The group is among an estimated 2,500 tourists and others waiting to be evacuated. Gustavus...
Lutherans, Faith Groups Urge Congress to Finish Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON (ELCA) -- Fifty-six faith organizations, including the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), sent a Jan. 26 letter to members of Congress asking them to "take heart and move meaningful health care reform forward." More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4421 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews
ELCA Pastor Says Hope and Faith Overshadowed Death in Haiti
CHICAGO (ELCA) - The Rev. Douglas A. Hill, a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), was walking in the town of Jacmel, Haiti, when the earthquake struck the Caribbean nation Jan. 12. Only 10 kilometers from the quake's epicenter, Hill suddenly found himself surrounded by death and...
ELCA Staff Member Reports Haitians Still 'Living with Hope'
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Haitian people are "living with hope," reported Louis Dorvilier, a member of the churchwide staff of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He said despite many difficulties for survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake, Haitians living in temporary shelters can be heard singing and worshiping...
ELCA, Other North American Lutherans Prepare for Regional LWF Pre-Assembly
GENEVA (LWI) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) Eastern Synod will host this week's North American region preparatory meeting for the 2010 Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). The LWF's eleventh assembly will take place in July in Stuttgart, Germany, under the theme "Give Us Today Our...
