Churches in Cottage Grove and Afton will vote Sunday to protest their denomination’s position on homosexuality. The churches oppose the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s decision in August to ...

Battle lines have sharpened over sexually active gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America after a conservative faction decided to form a new network of churches, and the first two ...

Three congregations in the Northwestern Minnesota Synod (NWMS) passed resolutions in June to part ways with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Trefoldighed Lutheran Church of rural Battle ...

Western North Dakota Bishop Mark Narum said there was "no joy in the midst of the assembly" Sunday as First Lutheran Church in Harvey voted on whether it would sever ties with the Evangelical Lutheran ...

When Mary Windels and her friends get together, at least one topic is off limits: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s decision to allow its congregations to call homosexuals in committed ...

GROVE CITY, Ohio – Critics of the country's largest Lutheran denomination and its more open stance toward gay clergy formed a new Lutheran church Friday at a meeting of a conservative activist group.

GROVE CITY, Ohio — Critics of the country's largest Lutheran denomination and its more open stance toward gay clergy formed a new Lutheran church Friday at a meeting of a conservative activist group.

Membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the country’s largest Lutheran denomination, has fallen for the 16th consecutive year, the ELCA has announced. While Lutheran churches are ...

The largest Lutheran church in North Dakota has suspended its giving to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America because of the Chicago-based denomination's recent decision to allow openly gay ...

An Atlanta pastor once ousted from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for being in an openly gay relationship will now lead the biggest Lutheran church in St. Paul. Gloria Dei Lutheran ...