“I give thanks for all women in ministry. We are doing what Mary, the mother of our Lord, and Mary Magdalene did before us – proclaiming the gospel.”
ELCA News
As racism remains an enduring crisis in the United States, the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), is continuing her call to the 3.7 million member church to address the complexity and implications of the issue.
ELCA presiding bishop continues call to confront racism
CHICAGO (ELCA) – Drawing on 50 years of national and international dialogue, Lutherans and Catholics have made available on Oct. 30 Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry and Eucharist – a unique ecumenical document that marks a pathway toward greater unity between Catholics and Lutherans. Read the full news release […]
Lutherans, Catholics ‘on the way’ to greater unity
"On the one hand, our hope is clear: We hope for clemency... On the other hand, what it means to be people of hope in the face of condemnation to death is not at all clear."
Lutherans, others rally around death-row inmate
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, I hope you will join me and William B. Horne II, a member of the ELCA Church Council, for our live webcast conversation titled “Confronting Racism” Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. CDT. Together we will talk about the complexity and implications of racism and […]
ELCA Webcast series: Confronting Racism
Remember to join Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and William B. Horne II, member of the ELCA Church Council, for a live webcast on the complexity and implications of racism Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. CDT (9 p.m. EDT). Through its social statement – “Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture” […]
Confronting Racism Webcast
Mark your calendars and join Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and William B. Horne II, member of the ELCA Church Council, for a live webcast on the complexity and implications of racism Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. CDT (9 p.m. EDT). Through its social statement – “Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, […]
Confronting Racism
ELCA News Service July 7, 2015 ELCA receives federal charter to open credit union 15-41-MRC CHICAGO (ELCA) – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) was granted a federal charter July 7 to create the ELCA Federal Credit Union. The new credit union will provide products and services to the […]
ELCA Federal Credit Union
Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton offered a pastoral letter on June 30 to the 3.8 million members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling that same-sex couples may now exercise the right to marry. The full text of the statement follows. […]