COLUMBUS, Ohio (RNS) — Watching backstage as more than 800 Lutherans sang hymns on the floor of the Greater Columbus Convention Center, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton mused, “We haven’t been singing ...

The creative ability of Lutheran hymn writer Martin Franzmann appeared early on. Even as a youngster, he was known for his cleverness with language. To entertain his chums, he’d sometimes make up ...

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 ...

The largest Lutheran church in North Dakota has suspended its giving to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America because of the Chicago-based denomination's recent decision to allow openly gay ...

Bishop Yehiel Curry looked out at the hundreds of leaders and parishioners of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America who gathered Saturday in Minneapolis to celebrate his installation as the ...

Listen: Immigrant congregations bring diverse worship to the Lutheran Midwest. We used to dance to kings but now we are dancing to God,” explains Omot Ochan, the worship leader for the Anuak service ...