First Lutheran Church in Fargo, a congregation of more than 5,000 members, has renewed its giving to the national offices of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. But the church, which has ...

Hawley (Minn.) Lutheran Church, a congregation of more than 1,100 baptized members, could take the first step Sept. 19 toward breaking with its denomination. The congregation has scheduled a "special ...

Battle lines have sharpened over sexually active gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America after a conservative faction decided to form a new network of churches, and the first two ...

GROVE CITY, Ohio — Critics of the country's largest Lutheran denomination and its more open stance toward gay clergy formed a new Lutheran church Friday at a meeting of a conservative activist group.

(RNS) Conservatives upset over the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s recent decision to allow non-celibate gay clergy have voted to create a free-standing synod and study for a year whether to ...

CLEAR LAKE - Zion Lutheran Church members fell two votes shy Sunday night of the two-thirds majority needed for the church to leave the auspices of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA). A ...

Herbert Chilstrom, the first presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, died on January 19 at the age of 88. The Minnesota pastor and former dean at Lutheran College in Teaneck, ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For nearly 45 years, the Rev. Elizabeth A. Platz has served here at the University of Maryland (UM), quietly influencing generations of Lutheran students to remain ...

An Atlanta pastor once ousted from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for being in an openly gay relationship will now lead the biggest Lutheran church in St. Paul. Gloria Dei Lutheran ...

(RNS) The leaders of two conservative Lutheran denominations blasted the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for approving a measure on Friday (Aug. 21) to allow non-celibate gay clergy. Both the ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Richard Mahan and Anita Hill are both Lutheran pastors who were inside a Minneapolis convention hall last summer when delegates for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to ...