SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Following a congregational vote held at First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, the results ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's 2009 Churchwide Assembly was a landmark gathering. After years of debate, voting members at last August's assembly opened the door for non-celibate gays to ...

CLEAR LAKE — Members of Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake will vote today whether the church should break ties with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) because of its stand on gay ...

To the editor: In reference to an item in the March 26 Regional Digest: The Rev. Charles H. Maahs, bishop of the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has placed Abiding ...

There's a feud brewing on the prairie between faith and farming. Another church has voted to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but this time it's over a new stance the denomination's ...

West Prairie Lutheran Church was at a crossroads, says David Strand, a lifelong member. Attendance was dropping at the rural Kindred, N.D., church, averaging 30 people. Finances were dour. And members ...

What happened: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America decided in August to allow pastors to be involved in committed, same-gender relationships. Why does it matter: Some parishioners disagree with the ...

CARRINGTON, N.D. - Trinity Lutheran Church in Carrington, N.D., voted Sunday to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. That brings to 30 the number of ELCA congregations in eastern North ...

The Rev. Lucille “CeCee” Mills was elected Aug. 1 to serve a six-year term as secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Mills previously served as an assistant to the bishop ELCA ...

In April we attended an ELCA South East Synod meeting in Owatonna, on what was called a hearing on the "Third Sexuality Study" the ELCA is conducting. They have studied this civil issue since 2001 at ...

Talia Sprague / AP The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop Saturday, a landmark moment for the predominantly white denomination. ...