Lutheran Church

Walking The (Catholic) Plank

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 04.27.2012

Sarah O'Leary

Why doesn't my Catholic Church get its own house in order first? Get the plank/log/boulder/semi truck/elephant out of its own eye before it tries to remove a speck from another's eye?

What Making 100 Quilts in One Year For Lutheran World Relief Taught my Church Group

Joan Brunwasser | Posted 12.10.2011

Joan Brunwasser

I have been attending the evening quilting sessions at our church for almost two decades. In the early years, we might make 10 or 15 quilts a year. This year, our goal was to create 100 quilts.

Mike Sacks

When Is A Teacher Also A Minister?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.05.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court dipped its toes in holy waters Wednesday morning, but only a minority of the justices appeared ready to fully immerse ...

The Lutheran Pope

Alexander Goerlach | Posted 12.04.2011

Alexander Goerlach

Luther desired to know "what driveth Christ," and he sought to make that drive the cornerstone of Christian life. The pope thinks similarly.

Ohio Pastor Elected To Lead Breakaway Lutheran Church

Posted 10.15.2011

By Jack Jenkins Religion News Service (RNS) Members of the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) have elected an Ohio pastor as their new head bis...

Church President Responds To Charge That Bachmann Is Anti-Catholic

Posted 09.17.2011

The political and religious communities were set off last week by an article posted on The Atlantic that pointed out Michele Bachmann's former church,...

Jaweed Kaleem

Missouri Tornado: Churches Coming Together to Pray, Help Victims

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 07.23.2011

During the devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin, Mo. Sunday evening and killed at least 90 people, several churches were destroyed. Those th...

The Path of Love

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011

Maria Rodale

I think about God a lot. It's actually one of my favorite things to dwell on. It started when I quit the Lutheran Church when I was 14 due to the hypo...

Conservative Evangelical Splinter Group Forms To Oppose Gay Clergy, Gay Marriage

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 05.25.2011

GROVE CITY, Ohio — Critics of the country's largest Lutheran denomination and its more open stance toward gay clergy formed a new Lutheran churc...

Conservative Lutherans Leave To Form New Denomination

Posted 05.25.2011

By Chris Herlinger Religion News Service (RNS/ENInews) Conservative Lutherans are forming a new church body they say will "uphold confessional princ...

Tanzania Lutherans Reject Aid From 'Pro-Gay Marriage' Churches

Religion News Service | By Fredrick Nzwili and Kevin Eckstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

By Fredrick Nzwili and Kevin Eckstrom Religion News Service NAIROBI (RNS/ENI) The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania says it will not accept mon...

Gay Pastors Reinstated: Rev. Bradley Schmeling And Partner Return To Clergy Roster

AP | KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 05.25.2011

ATLANTA — A gay Atlanta pastor and his partner who have been at the center of a battle over the treatment of gay clergy by the nation's largest Luth...

Tea Party Insurgence Ripples Through Missouri Synod Election

Religion News Service | By Tim Townsend | Posted 05.25.2011

By Tim Townsend Religion News Service ST. LOUIS (RNS) When the nominations for president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod were tallied and relea...

Lutherans 'Deeply Concerned' Over Publisher Lawsuit

Religion News Service | By Daniel Burke | Posted 05.25.2011

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America says it is "deeply concerned" for the welfare of employees who...

Rev. Tom Brock, Hope Lutheran Church Leader, To Keep Job After Advocating Ban On Gay Clergy While Attending Gay Support Group

AP | By PATRICK CONDON | Posted 05.25.2011

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)- A Lutheran pastor ardently critical of allowing gays into the clergy is on leave from his Minneapolis church after a gay magazine re...

Luther North High, Barring A Miracle, Will Close On June 5

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Luther North High School Principal Tom Wiemann couldn't get the words out at a student assembly Tuesday. Tears ended his attempt. A staff member had ...

Margot Kaessmann, German Protestant Leader, Quits After DUI Incident

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 05.25.2011

BERLIN — Germany's top Protestant cleric resigned on Wednesday after she was caught driving with a blood-alcohol level three times the legal lim...