Kim Chatelain reports for The Times-Picayune of New Orleans: The 2016 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Assembly gathering in New Orleans this week overwhelmingly accepted a unique ecumenical document that establishes a path toward greater unity between Catholics and Lutherans. By a vote of 931 to 9, the assembly on Wednesday (Aug. 10) approved the … [Read more...] about ELCA Approves Declaration
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Hawaiians Dispute Graham
In an article posted at Civil Beat, four Protestant leaders in Hawaii have objected to evangelist Franklin Graham’s message: Recently, Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham, was in Hawaii on a 50-state tour to pray at state capitols. His message was to vote for candidates who claim “Biblical values.” Unfortunately, much of what we hear from candidates and in … [Read more...] about Hawaiians Dispute Graham
All-Chicago for Bexley Seabury
Adapted from a Bexley Seabury press releaseBexley Seabury Seminary Foundation has announced that it will change from a two-campus school to a single campus beginning with its Fall 2016 term.Bexley Seabury’s campus in Columbus, Ohio, began collaborating with Trinity Lutheran Seminary in 1999, and offering a master of divinity degree with Trinity in 2004. Its agreement with … [Read more...] about All-Chicago for Bexley Seabury
A Tattooed Penitent
Review by Eric GregoryRather like the cults that spring up around a deceased Christian saint, the reception of Nadia Bolz-Weber’s first memoir, Pastrix, was so fervent and fawning that it created a following for the loud, angry, tattooed Lutheran pastor based in Denver. She has since been hailed as a mainstream Christian counterpart to evangelical Protestantism’s Rob Bell, and … [Read more...] about A Tattooed Penitent
Clergy Exchanges Increase
Fifteen years after Episcopal and Lutheran congregations first opened their pulpits to each other’s clergy, the Episcopal Church is gearing up for wider clergy exchanges.To date the practice has been used primarily in rural areas, where congregations often struggle to find qualified leaders from their denominations. But the need for sharing resources, including clergy, is no … [Read more...] about Clergy Exchanges Increase