Lutheran Church News

Same-sex relationships go against Scripture and morality, according to a letter mailed Monday by members of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bessemer City.

As a student in need of spending money, Wayne Hollinger got part of his education from a wide range of jobs.

English and Irish Anglican bishops are refusing to attend the ordination of one of a Lutheran fellow cleric in Stockholm--because she is a lesbian.

ROME -- Replacing a pastor isn't easy in the Lutheran Church. For the past several months, Woodland Lutheran has relied upon an interim pastor, the Rev.

Possible break with national organization will involve much hand-wringing first.

Paul O. Manz, a well-known Lutheran organist, composer, church musician and teacher, died Oct.

Protecting children and keeping immigrant families together were repeated concerns raised by a committee of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America bishops discussing issues of immigration.

Title: Some ELCA Congregations Vote to Leave or Redirect Funds, Find It's Not Easy ELCA NEWS SERVICE >October 29, 2009 Some ELCA Congregations Vote to Leave or Redirect Funds, Find It's Not Easy 09-241-JB CHICAGO -- Throughout the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America , leaders and members have responded in a variety of ways to changes in the ...

Lutheran pastors of Reading churches said Wednesday that they will help in any way they can to keep the branch libraries in their neighborhoods open.

BERLIN, Oct 28. - German Protestants on Wednesday elected Margot Kaessmann, a divorcee and the Lutheran bishop of Hanover, to lead them, the first woman to take the post and only the third woman to head a major Christian church.

Catholic and Orthodox representatives have given voice to their "sadness" that Lutheran gay and lesbian families are being treated with equality by their faith.

"It wasn't primarily about sex." With those words, Lutheran theologian Robert Benne explained that the actions recently taken by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to normalize homosexuality were not primarily about sex at all, but about theological identity.

The Lutheran Camping Corporation of Central Pennsylvania's fifth annual quilt auction will be at 2 p.m. Nov.

Approximately 80 Lutherans from five churches in Polk and Burnett counties met last Sunday to explore the idea of breaking away from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and starting a new church.

Originally published October 23, 2009 at midnight, updated October 23, 2009 at 4:55 p.m. EVENTS LEADING TO SPLIT In August the Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America voted on a social statement about human sexuality.

Salem Evangelical Lutheran parishioner Pat Shedlock explains the history of a rooster weathervane that long roosted atop the original log Salem building.

At its annual convention in Minneapolis in August, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America became the third major denomination to "allow" gay and lesbian Christians to be approved for ministry.

The main governing body of the Lutheran World Federation began a meeting in Geneva on 22 October at which a successor to the current LWF general secretary is scheduled to be elected in a closed-door meeting - writes Peter Kenny .

The sweet smells of bratwurst and sauerkraut filled the air at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Thursday as it held their annual Brat Fest event for the community.

Sweden's archbishop is broadly supportive of the move The Lutheran Church of Sweden - the country's largest - is to conduct same-sex marriages from next month.