You won't find holiday decorations or snow at this Kenyan congregation. But you will find children helping celebrate the birth of Jesus — just as in congregations everywhere. | more »
International
ELCA missionary Mark Jacobson, the director of a Lutheran medical school in Tanzania, says that through its graduates we become the healing hands of Christ. | more »
A Medford, Wis., congregation has been infused with new energy and is focusing on the ELCA Malaria Campaign. | more »
Edna Johnson knew about miracles, but she had never seen one until she became an ELCA missionary in Africa. | more »
About 250 people from Ethiopia’s Oromia region have found a spiritual oasis in their Washington, D.C., congregation. | more »
An ELCA young adult volunteer learns patience and how to have a conversation in the absence of a shared language.
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Global neighbors remind ELCA missionaries like Sam and Cindy Wolff that we all have much to be thankful for. | more »
Constance Mamba plans to establish HIV and AIDS programs after earning her master's degree, thanks to an ELCA scholarship. | more »
A clear and compelling call is driving the Leiseths to accept a new journey overseas. | more »
Five hundred trees from around the world will be planted at the Wittenberg Center to honor the Reformation's 500th anniversary and the worldwide Lutheran communion.
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Pauline Lindquist's aim in life is to preach the word, wherever she is. That pursuit has taken her to serve in some unexpected parts of the world. | more »
"It's time to say to the evils of this world, 'Go back to the shadows, because the good is taking in the light,'" says Lutheran Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee. | more »
Candid conversations about HIV and AIDS change and protect lives in Tanzania.
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Two ELCA missionaries witness signs of hope in Japan in the midst of devastation, fear and despair. | more »
Peter Johnson, pastor of St. Andrew's in Cairo, believes that God comes to us in chaos, providing the hope of reconciliation and healing words. | more »
Three-year-old Jauvalda Francique of Léogâne, Haiti, attends a bright, cheerful and safe school, thanks to the generosity of ELCA members. | more »
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