The ELCA Churchwide Assembly, met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed a resolution calling for voting rights for all citizens to be guaranteed. The resolution was submitted by Kwame Pitts, Metropolitan Chicago Synod. Bishop Wayne Miller, Metropolitan Chicago Synod, spoke in favor of the resolution, saying that the Supreme Court decision to strike down portions of the...Continue reading→

The Rev. Tita Valeriano, ordained Lutheran minister, pastor, mission developer, openly-gay, partnered, mother, member of the Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries’s Proclaim, presided as celebrant at the Friday worship service during the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.  A graduate of the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Tita has served as a congregational pastor, as Secretary for Youth in Church and...Continue reading→

ReconcilingWorks celebrates the election of The Rev. Wm Chris Boerger to a six-year term as Secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on August 16, 2013, at the Churchwide Assembly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Emily Eastwood, Executive Director, said “Pr. Chris Boerger has been an ally for full participation for many years.  His prophetic...Continue reading→