The ELCA Partners in Ministry scholarship is for unmarried children of parents on the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) Clergy Roster. Interested students who note on their Application for ...

The day begins with Curry’s address at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, in the Center for Faith and Life Main Hall.

West Prairie Lutheran Church was at a crossroads, says David Strand, a lifelong member. Attendance was dropping at the rural Kindred, N.D., church, averaging 30 people. Finances were dour. And members ...

Yehiel Curry will start his new role in October. It's a new era of leadership in the Lutheran community. Yehiel Curry will start his new role in October. It's a new era of leadership in the Lutheran ...

Talia Sprague / AP The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop Saturday, a landmark moment for the predominantly white denomination. ...

The Rev. Greg Busboom, the lead pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Springfield since 2011, was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) Central/Southern Illinois ...

Bishop Yehiel Curry looked out at the hundreds of leaders and parishioners of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America who gathered Saturday in Minneapolis to celebrate his installation as the ...

Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of material from 11 contributing columnists, along with other commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. In April, I sat ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop Saturday, a landmark moment for the predominantly white denomination. “It hasn’t really ...