The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, traditionally one of the most aloof of U.S. denominations, is edging into the ecumenical century. At its biennial convention last week in New York City, the synod ...

Hope Lutheran Pastor Keith Marshall preached his last sermon to his congregation of ten years on July 20. Now he’s shedding the pastoral black and donning the ecclesial purple of the Bishop of the ...

After 45 years of ministry and 16 years as a bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Rev. Floyd Schoenhals retired Monday. Schoenhals, 70, has overseen the 56 ELCA congregations in ...