Category - Evangelical Lutheran Church

US Lutheran bishops take HIV tests to combat stigma

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:18:41 +0000

Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have joined African religious leaders in publicly undergoing testing to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and combat its stigma.

Christians urged to go beyond hospitality to 'radical welcome'

staff writers — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:44:06 +0000

Women in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are looking beyond politeness to the much deeper relationships needed to sustain a Christian community’s alternative values.

American Lutheran bishops travel to the Middle East

Agencies — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:35 +0000

Despite conflict in Gaza, bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada are proceeding with plans to travel to the Middle East today.

German Olympic bracelets highlight human rights issues

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:10:29 +0100

A German church has far exceeded its initial expectations in so far distributing more than 200,000 black bracelets intended as a symbolic protest against human rights abuses in China during the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Leading nun says nonviolence must be restored to the core of faith

staff writers — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:55:41 +0100

Women of faith have a special calling to restore religion’s principles of nonviolence in a conflicted world, Sister Joan Chittister has told more than 2,000 women at a gathering in the USA.

Call for Jerusalem peace and Christian - Muslim cooperation on ecology

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:37:18 +0100

Bishop Munib Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church has said Christians need a stronger voice in Jerusalem in order to prevent tensions spreading there, and that Muslims and Christians should work together on ecology issues.

Lutherans say Namibia prosecution would bring conflict

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:17:29 +0100

A leader of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia says a move by a human rights group to bring former president Sam Nujoma before the International Criminal Court in The Hague might result in public violence or even civil war.

Palestinian Christian leader calls for comprehensive peace settlement

staff writers — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:23:53 +0000

Describing the past six months as "a disaster for Palestinians and indeed the whole Middle East," the leading Lutheran bishop in Jerusalem has urged US Christians to join their Middle East brothers and sisters and say they are "fed up" with stigmatization, bloodshed, hatred and occupation affecting both Israelis and Palestinians.