Herbert Chilstrom's Sept. 19 opinion piece mandates an answer. Yes, bishop, my old church (the ALC) was merged into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Little did I expect that shortly after ...

As an observer to what is currently taking place in the local ELCA Lutheran churches regarding whether or not to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America because of its new statement regarding ...

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 leave ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls is in the process of leaving the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The church held its first vote on September 28, where 360 ...

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 ...

Members of the Anselm Trinity Lutheran Church near Sheldon, N.D., interpreted the ELCA's draft statement as saying farmers who use genetically modified seeds are "pretty much sinners," said church ...

South Dakota pastor Julius Badigo has long known that Christian discipleship is costly. For him, that cost is increasingly measured in dollars—to the tune of thousands per month. Badigo lost his ...