Kindling Faith Holds Election-Year Series on ELCA Social Teachings
Consider joining our partners at Kindling Faith as they--and we--engage with the question "What does it mean to be Lutheran in a crucial election year?" The series will focus on ELCA social teachings and how we might learn and engage in with one another around social issues in this election
Domestic Hunger Grants Open May 1
Domestic Hunger Grants Open May 1! ELCA World Hunger is excited to share that the application process for Domestic Hunger Grants will open May 1, 2024. For those who are familiar with the Domestic Hunger Grants, this year’s process will be the same as last year’s but with additional
ELCA Church Council Holds Spring Meeting
The ELCA Church Council gathered at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, April 11-14. The council, which serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly, carries out its work in support of the ELCA’s priority areas of being a welcoming church, a thriving church,
Episcopal, Lutheran partnership focuses on asylum-seeker sponsor training
CHICAGO — Building on a shared vision for gospel-centered hospitality and inclusion, Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) and AMMPARO, the migrant ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), have entered into a partnership to better train and support asylum-seeker sponsors. Accompanying Migrants with Protection, Advocacy, Representation and Opportunities (AMMPARO)
LAMPa joins in commemorating Dietrich Bonhoeffer with forthcoming curriculum
On April 9, 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed at a Nazi prison camp for his participation in the resistance movement and plot to assassinate Hitler. The Church remembers him on this day as a pastor, teacher and theologian, and an example of faithful witness in the face of evil. Throughout
LAMPa Announces Rev. Khader El-Yateem as Gala Keynote
LAMPa is pleased to announce the Rev. Khader El-Yateem as keynote speaker for our 45th Anniversary Gala Celebration of Advocates on May 9! El-Yateem, the newly appointed Executive Director of the Service and Justice home area of the ELCA, will encourage us in our call to be church together
National Shortage of Affordable Rental Housing; PA No Exception
On March 14, 2024 the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its annual report The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes. This year’s report finds that the lowest-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage of 7.3 million affordable and available rental homes. In Pennsylvania alone, the report finds a
Path to Pennie offers way to get health coverage while filing taxes
From the ELCA's Social Statement on Healthcare (2003): "Health is central to our well-being, vital to relationships, and helps us live out our vocations in family, work, and community. Caring for one’s own health is a matter of human necessity and good stewardship. Caring for the health of others expresses
Statement from the ELCA Conference of Bishops in solidarity with migrants in Texas
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matthew 25:35). ITASCA, Ill. (March 4, 2024) - We, the members of the Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
ELCA Conference of Bishops calls for a permanent bilateral cease-fire in Gaza
ITASCA, Ill. – The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is adding its voice to the growing group of faith leaders urgently calling for a permanent bilateral cease-fire in Gaza. We urge President Joe Biden, our legislators, and all who lead and make decisions on
