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ELCA Unveils New Design for Future of the Church

This week, the ELCA unveiled a new, innovative design for the future of the church that will focus on attracting young, diverse people, to positioning the ELCA for the future.

Carnegie Corporation names The Rev. Fabian Arias a member of its 2020 class of Great Immigrants

Carnegie Corporation named The Rev. Fabián Arias a member of its 2020 class of Great Immigrants, MNYS celebrates and gives thanks for his ministry—especially his ministry in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis as the coordinator of our AMMPARO/Sanctuary Ministry.

ELCA Presiding Bishop Praises SCOTUS Decision on LGBTQIA+ Rights

LGBTQIA+ people are not faceless or nameless. They are our children, parents, siblings and colleagues. They work hard and pay taxes. They serve in our congregations and communities. Our life together is enriched. They are us. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling brings us a step closer to realizing our founding conviction, “We the people of the United States.”

Emanuel Nine Day of Commemoration and Repentance

June 17 marks the fifth anniversary of the shooting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., where nine people were killed during a Bible study. To honor this day, the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly adopted a resolution to establish June 17 as “Emanuel 9 Day of Repentance."

A Search for Moral Leadership

Jun 02, 2020

We are called to do as Jesus did: focus on all those who need our help and our care and our compassion. Let us lift up the voices of our black and brown siblings so they may be heard, and let us learn how white members of our church can create safe spaces for the lives, voices and souls of our siblings of color.

ELCA Reaffirms Commitment to Combat Racism and White Supremacy

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) reaffirms its commitment to combating racism and white supremacy following the recent murders of Black Americans.

ELCA Presiding Bishop Calls on Church to Observe National Day of Mourning

The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton has called on the church to join with faith communities across the United States in lament and remembrance, and on our elected leaders to observe Monday, June 1, as a day of mourning to honor the more than 100,000 people who have died from COVID-19.

Bishop Egensteiner's Response to President Trump's Statement Regarding the Reopening of Churches

OUR PRIORITY IS YOU and your well-being. Protecting the health and safety of ALL members of our community is both our truth and our precedence as the Office of the Bishop. Being at the epicenter of this pandemic and in order to protect our flock, we advise that congregations remain closed until more accurate and uniform information is provided. We know we are essential, but it is not essential to gather in person at this time.

The Continuing Crisis: Bishop Egensteiner's Response to the Persistence of Racism

The fact that the consequences of this disease fall more heavily on certain predictable groups are manifestations of the persistence of racism and white privilege in our society. This disease is exposing deep and long-standing fault lines in our world and in the United States in particular that we, as followers of Christ, must find intolerable and contradictory to the kingdom Jesus announced and established in his life, death and resurrection.

ELCA Statement on Illinois Anti-Semitic Messages

We, the ELCA bishops in Illinois, publicly denounce this bigotry here and wherever it occurs. Anti-Semitism is contrary to the irrevocable promise of God and “a violation of our hope and calling” as witnesses to God’s peace.