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Please mark your calendars for our 2025 MNYS Synod Assembly, including a Bishop's election.
A message from Bishop Egensteiner about the upcoming U.S. Election.
Please pray and take action to stop the spread of hate.
Mission Forward transforms our Church through relationships and reparative justice, deepening our commitment of hearts and resources to witness God's work.
Practical resources for churches on sexual harassment and offered free for our congregations.
“But division and violence don’t have to be our inevitable future.”
We must engage in conversations, prayer, and action to uphold voting rights with dignity and respect for all.
In recent days we have seen unspeakable images of violence in Rafah and escalating violence in the West Bank.
Supporters of LGBTQIA+ people and families are not the minority in our Lutheran church, but are the growing majority.
The ELCA is committed to accompaniment, advocacy and awareness-raising in the Holy Land and the United States.