The Rev. Joseph G. Crippen is the senior pastor of Mount Olive Lutheran Church, a small Lutheran church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. (ELCA) According to his church bio, he is a “gifted presider, counselor, and preacher who’s passionate about proclaiming God’s
A Jewish rabbi who was invited to speak at the ELCA’s 2025 Churchwide assembly publicly rebuked them over their passing of a resolution that he says will make his community “less safe” and “embolden those who do not envision a peaceful future for Palestinians and Israelis.” The ELCA has long
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has elected Yehiel Curry to become the new presiding Bishop of the denomination, taking over from the departing Elizabeth Eaton. Curry won the nomination at the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly on the fifth ballot, winning 562 of a potential 799 votes, and will now
Luther Seminary, the flagship institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has announced the sale of its 10-acre campus in St. Paul, Minnesota, which it has occupied for 120 years. The seminary, founded in 1869, plans to vacate the campus following the 2026-2027 academic year, marking a significant
The outgoing Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCAS’s) Lower Susquehanna Synod revealed more shocking statistics about the progressive denominations continuing decline, showing that, among other things, nearly half of congregations within the ELCA can’t afford a full-time pastor. Outgoing Bishop Jim Dunlop, speaking to a gathered crowd
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is claiming that members who oppose same-sex protections will have conscience protections to hold the position. Given the denomination’s trajectory and track record, however, we have no reason to believe this is true. In 2022, the Churchwide Assembly authorized two reconsiderations of the Human Sexuality:
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) continues to pursue radical social policies, positions, and programs, which few emphasized so energetically as their commitment to Anti-racism and White Supremacy. One of these commitments manifests in their 2025 Dismantle: ‘Anti-White Supremacy Lenten Devotional, which arose from their 2019 social policy resolution
Sister Dottie Almoney is the new Directing Deaconess of the Deaconess Community of the ELCA. Before this, however, she spent more than two decades on staff at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, working in various capacities and, most recently as the Director of Education & Outreach. Preaching her final sermon at
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is losing its mind over President Trump’s recent executive orders designed to limit and stave off illegal immigration, along with the funds that go towards it. We touched on this briefly earlier this month in our story ELCA Pastrix Encourages Congregation to Defy
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America occasionally puts its money where its mouth is, particularly when it comes to investing dollars in its deviltry and the values that are important to it. One example is the little-known fact that the denomination funds abortion services for its clergy through its health
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