News Releases

ELCA news releases are detailed accounts describing events and ministries of the ELCA

Lamont Wells named executive director of Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities

12/19/2022

​The Rev. Lamont Wells has been named executive director of the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU), effective Jan. 3, 2023.

ELCA introduces Journi

12/13/2022

​The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is pleased to introduce Journi, a web-based tool designed to help people discern their call to leadership in the ELCA.

ELCA Receives Lilly Grant to Support Compelling Preaching Initiative

12/08/2022

​The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the ELCA Compelling Preaching: Transformed Listeners Initiative.

ELCA Church Council welcomes new vice president and 18 new members

11/16/2022

The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Nov. 10–Nov. 13. The council welcomed ELCA Vice President Imran Siddiqui and 18 new members, elected by the 2022 Churchwide Assembly. The council serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of the Churchwide Assembly.

ELCA Conference of Bishops addresses leadership during fall meeting

10/06/2022

​The ELCA Conference of Bishops met Sept. 29–Oct. 1 at the Eaglewood Resort in Itasca, Ill. The conference, an advisory body of the ELCA, comprises 65 synod bishops, the presiding bishop and the secretary. The gathering was grounded in worship and prayer as the bishops met to build on mutual relationships within the conference and address leadership in the ELCA