ELCA mission developer Margaret Kelly sees her ministry bringing “new life” to those living with poverty and homelessness. | more »
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Emanuel Lutheran Church in West Warwick, R.I. was the first ELCA congregation powered by renewable energy. | more »
The ELCA's "Ventures in Growing Stewards" workshop is just one way David Kappus promotes stewardship in the ELCA Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod. | more »
A worshiping community in northwest Wisconsin reaches out to those who “aren’t interested in walking into a church building.” | more »
At Bread of Healing in Milwaukee, members are offered a hot meal, free health care and a powerful community. | more »
Besides helping children in Peru, ELCA Missionary Sponsorship is a way for Julie Pavri and Dana Nelson to spread the gospel and to stay in touch. | more »
A developing ELCA congregation in Brooklyn, N.Y., meets a hunger in the community. | more »
For an ELCA worshiping community, the cross necklaces they wear have become more than just jewelry — they have become a part of who they are. | more »
An ELCA congregation in Chicago connects with their artistic, urban community. | more »
As one of the ELCA Fund for Leader’s first full-tuition scholarship recipients, Lynnae Sorensen brings a special perspective to her Austin, Texas, congregation. | more »
Hope Lutheran Church in Rhodes, Mich., makes a point of sharing its blessings with neighbors. | more »
The Catacomb Churches in western Washington want to "to engage as saints and sinners, not as people with all the answers." | more »
Members of St. James Lutheran Church in Grosse Pointe, Mich., commemorate St. Francis Day with some of God’s creatures. | more »
In a “perfect storm of God’s goodness," a congregation in Milwaukee helps build a home for one of their own. | more »
An ELCA congregation in Orlando celebrates Epiphany “Puerto Rican style.” | more »
Parroquia Luterana San José in Beloit, Wis., remembers Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter. | more »
Hope Lutheran Church in Reading, Pa., prepares to show the world their hopeful spirit. | more »
Members of Santa Maria de Guadalupe haven't needed to knock on doors to invite people to church — potential members just show up. | more »
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 »
American Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gibson City, Ill., gets creative for Thanksgiving. | more »
In 2000, the Finnish Lutheran Church of North Texas became the first official Finnish congregation of the ELCA. | more »
Minneapolis vacation Bible school students get a glimpse of what college life is like. | more »
Jensen Seyenkulo, the new Liberian bishop, is working to strengthen unity among members of his church and to make the central office financially self-sustaining. | more »
When Jesus Escamilla received the call to the ordained ministry, he didn't anticipate that it would involve learning to ride a horse. | more »
Attendees of the 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering take the words of this year's speakers to heart. | more »
Adam Miller-Stubbendick, a pastor from upstate New York, takes a plunge to support the 100 Wells Challenge. | more »
The ELCA's first Sudanese pastor returns to Africa to make a difference. | more »
Anna-Kari Johnson, a pastor in Hawthorne, Calif., says she hung out with Jesus on Ash Wednesday at the intersection of El Segundo and Inglewood Avenue.
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About 250 people from Ethiopia’s Oromia region have found a spiritual oasis in their Washington, D.C., congregation. | more »
Sarah Rossing is one of 19 Fund for Leaders scholarship recipients, thanks to the generosity of John and Mary Satter.
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Pete Warmanen, a pastor in Medford, Wis., believes that a sense of childlike enthusiasm is essential to keeping his passion for ministry fresh.
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Walter and Delila Weind's story is one of a living faith that transcends disease, war and even death. | more »
ELCA congregations in Minot, N.D., partner to rebuild their buildings and lives. | more »
Miriam Schmidt says Bratislava International Church, her new congregation, successfully serves a diverse group of people “from more countries than you can count.” | more »
Soon to retire, Elizabeth Platz in 1965 became the first woman to be ordained in the Lutheran church. | more »
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 »
Podiatrists, medical students and pastors will be among those ministering to the people who live on the streets of Philadelphia. | more »
For Ron Glusenkamp, senior pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church in Denver, reading is fun, as long as it doesn't involve Thing 1 and Thing 2. | more »
An ELCA new start congregation in Maricopa, Ariz., is filled with an energy that flows from all the members. | more »
"Anybody who sounded as smart as he was ... and had the name Martin Luther, I had to get to know him better," says Robert Graetz of Martin Luther King Jr. | more »
Pueblo de Dios, an ELCA mission start in Compton, Calif., shares spiritual and material bread with its community. | more »
By working together, ELCA members are sustaining farming and ranching communities in drought-stricken Texas. | more »
A steel cross, made from a beam from one of the towers at the World Trade Center in New York City, was the centerpiece of a Sept. 11 worship service. | more »
With laughter and tears is how Laura Strietelmeier's seminary internship at Salem Lutheran Church, Toledo, Ohio, ended. | more »
"Technology is about interacting with God and with one another in ways that were impossible before," believes Ben Sheets. | more »
Diane Eggemeyer never expected to become a pastor or find herself living in the heart of Texas. “God just dragged me along,” she says. | more »
Vacation Bible schools bring the gospel stories alive, often for children who have not heard them before. | more »
When the earthquake hit Japan, their World War II view that the Japanese were the enemy fell away. | more »
Pastor Richard Young, a physician and ELCA missionary serving in Guyana, is struck by the fact that prayer is requested first, medical care second.
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An ELCA military chaplain lives by the motto, "Bringing God to soldiers and soldiers to God."
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As a pastor, Dave Greenlund uses his background as an artist to help the members of his congregation think creatively about expressing their faith. | more »
"Facetime" has a whole different meaning at Living Grace Lutheran Church in Omaha, Neb., thanks to social media tools like Facebook and Twitter. | 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 »
No one stays a stranger for long at Recovery Worship. A spirit of acceptance is at the heart of this ministry. | more »
ELCA Lutherans in Big Sky, Mont., found an unexpected home with their Episcopal brothers and sisters. | more »
Thanks to the ELCA, Patricia Cuyatti got the theological education she needed and returned to Peru to make her dream a reality.
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Tom Gaulke believes CouchSurfing has nothing to do with the Internet or TV. It does have to do with opening your heart and trusting others.
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