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ELCA Current News Releases

Check out in the right sidebar of this page for some recent ELCA news messages.

Also check out the below ELCA page titled “Presiding Bishop Messages and Statements”.

https://www.elca.org/Resources/Presiding-Bishop-Messages

RSS ELCA News

  • Jeff Johnson elected bishop of the ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod September 17, 2023
    ​CHICAGO — The Rev. Jeff R. Johnson, Berkeley, Calif., was elected Sept. 17 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, Sept. 15-17, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, Calif.Johnson was elected […]
  • Thiemann announces retirement as Portico’s CEO effective Sept. 30 September 12, 2023
    ​CHICAGO – The Rev. Jeff Thiemann, President and Chief Executive Officer of Portico Benefit Services, a separately incorporated ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), announced Sept. 12 that he will retire when his current term ends Sept. 30.The Board of Trustees has asked Stacy Kruse, Portico's Chief Operating and Financial Officer, to step […]
  • Lutheran Disaster Response and Lutheran World Relief partner to support farmers and families in newly liberated areas of Ukraine August 3, 2023
    ​Lutheran Disaster Response, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)'s ministry to provide short- and long-term recovery when disasters strike in the United States and around the world, is responding to urgent humanitarian needs and supporting agricultural livelihood recovery in Ukraine though a $1 million grant to Lutheran World Relief, a Corus International organization.The Supporting […]

ELCA News Posts

  • Why We Need New, Young, and Diverse People
    5 Nov 2021

    Most of you have heard of the ELCA’s goal to engage 1 million new, young, and diverse members by the end of the decade. But what about the rest of us, the ones already engaged? Bishop Eaton has your answer. Listen to her video in this post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cg7lJUN-zI&list=PLNDmVwhz-M34mAvgx5orNFsbAebN1MskR&index=3&t=8s  

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  • Bishop Eaton’s Pastoral Message on Rittenhouse Acquittal
    24 Nov 2021

    A pastoral message on the Rittenhouse acquittal 11/19/2021 4:00:00 PM Dear church, In the book of Leviticus we read: “You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor” (19:15). Our social message on Community Violence urges us to become more involved in countering the reality and fear of violence in our communities and our neighbors’ communities, pursuing justice and seeking peace no matter how long the journey or complex the challenge. When a child is allowed to become a vigilante without recourse, we are forced to confront the idols of our society: guns, violence and white supremacy. To be sure, this is not about one person, but indeed about all of us, together. Today’s acquittal is an injustice. It points to the disorder in which we all live. As we seek to restore justice; so also will we restore God to God’s rightful place at the center of our life together. In Christ, The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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  • Bishop Eaton’s Pastoral Message on Verdicts Concerning Death of Ahmaud Arbery
    24 Nov 2021

    Pastoral message on the verdicts concerning the murder of Ahmaud Arbery 11/24/2021 3:20:00 PM In response to the verdicts in the trial of Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan in Brunswick, Ga., for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, we offer a word of prayer and healing. We pray for Arbery’s family because no verdict can ease the pain and suffering of the murder of their loved one. As a church concerned for all, we pray also for the defendants, that God’s grace may transform their hearts. God has created all of us with inherent dignity, value and worth. Racially motivated hate crimes deny this to Black and Brown people. The sin of racism distorts so many aspects of life together. The ELCA’s social policy resolution “Condemnation of White Supremacy and Racist Rhetoric” states: “As persons called to love one another as God has loved us, we therefore proclaim our commitment to speak with one voice against racism and white supremacy. We stand with those who are targets of racist ideologies and actions.” May our prayers continue to lead us toward transformation and fulfilling our call to justice and care for all. He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8). In Christ,                                        Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop, ELCA Kevin Strickland, Bishop Southeastern Synod, ELCA

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