Joyce Cain to Head Lutheran Laity Movement
JOYCE CAIN TO HEAD LLM The Lutheran Laity Movement for Stewardship (LLM) board of directors elected B. Joyce Cain to a four-year term as executive director, effective Feb. 1, 1997. She will succeed Clinton P. Schroeder, who will retire Jan. 31 after seven years in that post. LLM is a...
Lutherans Assist Refugees in Eastern Zaire
REFUGEES FLEE CAMPS IN EASTERN ZAIRE Action by Churches Together (ACT) reports unrest and serious displacement of people in South Kivu, Eastern Zaire. Up to 250,000 refugees are reported to have fled 12 camps in South Kivu. ACT is a worldwide network of church organizations, including the Lutheran World Federation,...
Karris Golden: Lutheran Youth Organization President
GOLDEN IS LYO PRESIDENT The board of the Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO), the official Lutheran youth ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, met under the leadership of a new president Sept. 26-29 in Manhattan, New York. "The youth of this church have a history of embracing all diversity...
ELCA Human Sexuality Message
HUMAN SEXUALITY MESSAGE At its meeting Nov. 8-11 the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will decide either to adopt a proposed "message" on sexuality and distribute it to ELCA congregations or to send it to next summer's Churchwide Assembly for consideration. The ELCA Conference of Bishops...
ELCA "Women Helping Women Help Themselves"
WOMEN HELPING WOMEN HELP THEMSELVES "During the decade of the '90s, Women of the ELCA is placing special emphasis on being in partnership with women who are struggling against poverty," said Doris E. Strieter, program director for the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. "For us as a...
Seminarians Want Suburban Churches
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Concern for adequate leadership in urban and rural ministry in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America led the ELCA Division for Outreach to recommend a survey of seminary students on their ministerial career expectations. The mission services committee of the division at a meeting here March 8-11...
