Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the election of the first female leader of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the arrival of the first Methodist preacher in Australia, and the death of Lowell Mason.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has elected its first African American presiding bishop, who will be succeeding the denomination’s first female head.
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.
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the battle of Hattin, an opponent of Martin Luther being made a cardinal, and the Augsburg Interim.
A synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is suing Tennessee over a recently passed law that prohibits individuals from harboring people who entered the country illegally.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will not remove conscience protections for members who oppose same-sex marriage, according to a church official.
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.
