ELCA Churchwide Assembly
Meet Imran Siddiqui, the first Asian American vice president of the ELCA
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 19, 2022
(RNS) — Siddiqui, who became Lutheran in 2011, said he doesn’t always get all the ELCA's 'in' jokes about hot dishes and Garrison Keillor. But he hopes he’ll bring a different perspective that will be helpful.
5 things you need to know from the ELCA Churchwide Assembly
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 12, 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio (RNS) — The denomination's first meeting since the pandemic saw the election of the first Asian American vice president, as well as support for the #Landback movement and a long-awaited apology.
Reckoning with their history, Lutherans issue declaration to Indigenous peoples
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 11, 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio (RNS) — The largest Lutheran denomination in the United States shared its Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to American Indian and Alaska Native People for the first time in person Wednesday (Aug. 10) at its triennial Churchwide Assembly in Columbus, Ohio.
How a Latino congregation in California found itself at the center of ELCA’s racial reckoning
By Alejandra Molina — August 10, 2022
(RNS) — Leaders of the denomination, which is 96% white, say they’re striving toward ‘becoming a multiethnic and multicultural church’ as they grapple with accusations of racism.
ELCA apologizes to Latino congregation whose pastor was removed on sacred day
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 10, 2022
(RNS) — ‘We hope that this public apology is only the first step of many in our committed journey to dismantle
systemic racism in this church,’ representatives of Iglesia Luterana Santa Maria Peregrina said.
Why the largest US Lutheran denomination apologized to a Latino congregation
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 9, 2022
(RNS) — It’s been a ‘perfect storm’ of charismatic personalities and a heightened awareness of racism, all brewing in one of the country’s whitest denominations.
‘A celebration for the whole church’: ELCA women reflect on 50 years of ordination
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 16, 2019
MILWAUKEE (RNS) — The ELCA Churchwide Assembly kicked off a year of celebrations: 50 years of women's ordination, 40 years of women of color being ordained and 10 years of LGBTQ people serving freely in the mainline Lutheran denomination.
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