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The first female presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is slated to retire later this year after serving two terms as head of the liberal Mainline Protestant denomination.
A church in Illinois is expecting to have more than 1,500 people attend its annual helicopter Easter egg drop.
The Lutheran World Federation and the Orthodox Church have announced an agreement on the debate over the “Filioque” clause of the Nicene Creed, which prompted the schism between Western and Eastern churches over 1,000 years ago.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has announced that Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton will take a four to six-month leave of absence effective Nov. 17, as approved by the ELCA Church Council Executive Committee.
A California-based synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has elected its first-ever openly gay bishop, over a year after the regional body removed its first-ever trans-identified bishop from office.
The first trans-identified bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has filed a lawsuit against the denomination after being compelled to resign over allegations of racism and other issues.
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the founding of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, an archbishop of Canterbury opposing Queen Elizabeth, and the death of famed evangelist Dwight Moody.
