News Releases

ELCA news releases are detailed accounts describing events and ministries of the ELCA

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures features ELCA film A Time for Burning

12/14/2023

​The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will feature A Time for Burning, a film of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The film will be shown Dec. 17 as part of the museum series "Works of Enduring Importance: 35 Years of the National Film Registry."

The ELCA starts the new year with a newly formed Vision team

12/13/2023

​The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) recently announced the Rev. Louise Johnson, Executive for Administration, has accepted the Executive for Vision, a new position in the churchwide organization. 

North American Church Leaders Call for Peace in Holy Land in Advent Prayer Resource

11/29/2023

​The leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) and The Episcopal Church (TEC) have released the Churches Beyond Borders 2023 Advent Cycle of Prayer.

North American and Holy Land Heads of Churches Meet in Solidarity, Prayer

11/17/2023

On Nov. 16, the North American heads of Churches Beyond Borders met online with their Lutheran and Episcopal counterparts in the Holy Land for a time of solidarity and prayer. 

ELCA Church Council appoints the Rev. Michael Burk as Presiding Bishop Pro Tempore

11/15/2023

The ELCA Church Council of the appointed the Rev. Michael Burk as presiding bishop pro tempore after its Executive Committee approved Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s request for a four- to six-month leave of absence, to begin Nov. 17. The council, which serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly, gathered at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Nov. 9-12.

Announcement

11/09/2023

​The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Church Council Executive Committee approved Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton's request for a 4-to-6-month leave of absence. Her leave starts Nov. 17, 2023.