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  • National Public Radio continues its reporting on changes in ELCA since Churchwide Assembly

    American Public Media and the Public Insight Network are continuing their examination of the impact of the decisions of the Churchwide Assembly on the ELCA. They have sent the following message out: Help us examine the impact of changes in the ELCA chur...

  • LC/NA condemns the Uganda anti-homosexuality bill and calls on the ELCA to do likewise

    Lutherans Concerned / North America condemns in the strongest terms the Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently under consideration by the Ugandan government and calls on the ELCA to publicly oppose the legislation as well. While the Ugandan government already...

  • Registration

    Registration open January 15—June 1, 2010 Fill out registration online and submit a secure online payment via major credit card  or PayPal account. Online payment must accompany registration information in order for you to be registered. ...

  • Registration-LJR

    Registration open January 15—June 1, 2010 Fill out registration online and submit a secure online payment via major credit card  or PayPal account. Online payment must accompany registration information in order for you to be registered. Clic...

  • Washington, D.C., council gives final approval for gay marriage bill

    The Washington, D.C., City Council voted yesterday to give final approval to permitting gay marriages in the city. The measure is expected to be signed into law by Mayor Adrian Fenty by the end of the week. There is still the 30-day waiting period followi...

  • Annise Parker wins run-off election to be mayor of Houston

    We told you in November that Annise Parker, the openly lesbian City Controller of Houston, was going to be in a run-off election. That took place yesterday and she will be the next mayor of Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States. ...

  • Marie Kent, one of the founding members of LC/NA, dies

    It is with sadness tempered by our shared faith and the comfort of resurrection hope in Jesus Christ that we report to you the death of Marie Kent at the Mifflin Care Center in Mansfield, Ohio, on Friday morning, December 11. She died in her sleep, e...

  • Call to support the church

    An email message received from Herbert W. Chilstrom and H. George Anderson Dear friends in Christ and brothers and sisters in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: We write today to invite you to join us in prayer and action for the mission an...

  • We have a blog

    Wikipedia Definition: blog (a contraction of the term "web log") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displa...

  • RIC Sunday: an opportunity to celebrate, sustain, and evangelize

    Every year, the welcoming community designates the last Sunday in January as Welcoming Sunday, which for us Lutherans means Reconciling in Christ Sunday is on January 31, 2010. RIC Sunday is an opportunity to celebrate the witness to God's love for perso...

  • ELCA Presiding Bishop to host online town hall forum December 6

    Below is the text of an announcement by the ELCA News Service of the Town Hall Forum to be hosted by Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson on this coming Sunday for an hour beginning at 5:30 pm EST. The forum will be webcast. We highly encourage you watch t...