Lutheran Church News

"The Psalms talk about making joyful noise to the Lord. Jazz is America's gift to the music culture," said Andy Tecson.

Try these "experiments" in your congregation to help connect faith commitments to everyday life.

This emotionally rich film won the best documentary Academy Award in 2011. Director Dan Lindsay gives center stage to Bill Courtney, who for six losing seasons has served as a volunteer coach for the Manassas High School football team in the inner city of Memphis, Tenn.

Synod assemblies began in April with a celebration of the ELCA 's 25th anniversary, a service day and actions on resolutions.

Four score and seven years ago ...." Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered at the dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery Nov.

What is dialogue? John Backman, creator of " The Dialogue Venture ," says it is sharing, exploring, aiming for the truth and involves self-transcendence. Dialogue is not debate, negotiation, conversation or persuasion.

The awkwardness of puberty is such a universally awkward experience that it is one of the first stories in the Bible.

Mariana Mendez, pastor of Mision Luterana Agua Viva El Cenizo in Laredo, Texas, describes her congregation as "evangelical, open and grounded." It's a congregation "without financial resources," she says, "but rich in service and worship." An ELCA mission start among Spanish-speaking immigrants to the United States, Agua Viva "encourages, promotes, ... (more)

Laura Mills is spending a year in Jerusalem/West Bank as a volunteer in the ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission program.

The tornado swept dozens of homes and buildings off their foundations, shredded cars and trucks, littered streets with debris and power lines, and injured more than 200 people in the Oklahoma City suburb.

Life Pointe Church of God, 601 Pulaski St. is having a quarter auction Tuesday, May 28th at 6:30pm . Doors open at 5:30pm. Vendors include Lemongrass Spa, The Cloth Penguin, Pampered Chef, Paparazzi, Tupperware, Dove Chocolate Discoveries, Lia Sophia, Babyations, Jamberry Nails, Scentsy, Pink Zebra, Celebrating Home, It Works, Clever Container ... (more)

As rescuers continue their frantic search for survivors in Oklahoma, several golden retrievers - including two from the tornado-ravaged community of Joplin, Mo., - will help begin the healing process.

In worshiping we celebrate and experience the gift of salvation from God in Jesus Christ.

As Christians we know that God's presence works in and through God's people. We are called to a lifestyle of discipleship that imitates the way Jesus granted love, compassion and dignity to all people, regardless of condition.

A free, two-part Bible study and video on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther's A Simple Way to Pray are now available for free download.

LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison released a statement today that voices concerns over the Boy Scouts of America's proposed policy change.

It was only two years ago that the Rev. Arthur Miller helped to start Joyful Beginnings Lutheran Church in Tyler.

A group of teens from Lutheran Church of the Palms recently sacrificed a weekend during Lent to participate in World Vision's 30-Hour Famine - an event where teenagers fast for 30 hours, learn about global hunger and raise funds to feed and care for hungry children in their community and around the world.

Unlike the early Christians who lived in fear of being killed for their beliefs, today our challenge as faithful followers is how we live out our lives with our community, with our world, with other Christians, with our mothers and fathers, and all our family, and even at times with ourselves.

Two member churches of the World Council of Churches from Reformed and Lutheran traditions have united to become the United Protestant Church of France.