If you ever wanted to see how Lutherans do things live during their gatherings, you can do it now with online coverage of the well-publicized national conference now ...

MINNEAPOLIS - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Assembly passed a resolution, 619-402, this morning that allows congregations to recognize gay relationships. But an even more ...

MINNEAPOLIS - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to accept a controversial and much-debated social statement on human sexuality by a close vote at the Minneapolis Convention Center on ...

Speakers at the La Crosse Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America looked beyond themselves on the second day of their annual meeting Saturday. "We have a whole synod full of people ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America listed some of his pressing concerns as this week's churchwide assembly began: The 4.9 million-member denomination is aging, ...

When ELCA Lutherans meet in Chicago Aug. 6-11 for their 10th Churchwide Assembly, more than 1,000 voting members from the 65 synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will tackle issues ...

(RNS) — The head of the country’s largest Lutheran denomination announced Wednesday (April 12) the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is launching its own Truth and Healing Movement to help its 3 ...

Two churches in the Northwestern Minnesota Synod have voted in favor of leaving the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, while a congregation near Pelican Rapids recently canceled a Dec. 6 vote on ...

FARGO -- The Rev. Bill Rindy, a native of Mayville, N.D., and former high school math teacher, was elected the new bishop of the 100,000-strong Eastern North Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop Saturday, a landmark moment for the predominantly white denomination. “It hasn’t really ...

SIOUX CITY -- Bishops and representatives from 126 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) congregations in Western Iowa will gather this Friday through Sunday for the ELCA Western Iowa Synod ...