When I meet strangers and am asked what I do, and I say I’m a Lutheran pastor, there are exactly two possible reactions. Either my new acquaintances look at my fully tattooed arms and my nose ring and ...

In 1999, as a senior in a public high school abiding within the buckle of the Bible Belt, I attended my local parish’s Catholic-Lutheran celebration of the “Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of ...

A vote to allow gay pastors to preach in member churches has led some congregations to consider leaving the largest body of Lutherans in the United States. On Aug. 21, the Evangelical Lutheran Church ...

Ever since the 1830s, when sectionalism and new waves of immigration began to splinter American Lutheranism, denominational unity has seemed an all but unattainable dream. Ethnic, political and ...

Pope Francis has strikingly suggested that Lutherans married to Catholics can personally discern whether to take Communion in the Catholic church, saying it is not his role to give permission to such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 21—All are welcome for a presentation by guest preacher Pastor James May at 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 30 at St. John's Lutheran ...

Take a guess: On any given Sunday, where do you find the most Lutherans in church? The answer: Ethiopia and Tanzania. The two nations, with nearly 8 million and 6.5 million Lutherans respectively, are ...

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans announced Thursday that it will soon extend eligibility for its membership, which was previously reserved for Lutherans, to all Christians. Minneapolis-based Thrivent ...

For the first time in its long history, Thrivent Financial is not just for Lutherans. The 111-year-old financial services firm began taking applications in March from Christians of every denomination.

In the early 1980s, Michigan YMCA Camp Mahn-go-tah-see had run up against hard times. Though thousands of youth attended Summer Camp there since the 1930s, kid camps everywhere were getting harder and ...