The Rev. Deborah Hutterer was elected the sixth bishop of the Grand Canyon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at the synod's 31st annual assembly held at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oro Valley, Ariz.

Learn about the background of why the church omits this word during Lent and why some congregations “bury” it. View a PDF from the ELCA explaining why.

The 2018 ELCA Yearbook is now online and known as the ELCA Directory, directory.ELCA.org. Just as the printing press changed the world during Martin Luther’s time, so are the digitization of data and the internet changing the way we publish and access information. 

Millennials, known as people born between 1982-2000, are the largest living generation in the U.S., but you won’t find many of them at church. According to a Pew Research study, both the church and other member-based institutions aren’t being embraced by millennials like the institutions were by previous generations. But this doesn’t mean millennials aren’t seeking out community. In Living Lutheran’s cover story, hear from millennials on why they've stayed in the church, left the church or how they’re looking for spiritual nurture.

Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton joined international Lutheran leaders and dignitaries from Palestine and Jordan to celebrate Bishop Munib Younan’s 42 years of service to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL).

The January Living Lutheran cover story centers on the topic of faith formation as it relates to leadership and how our baptismal covenant is one way to explore this. Read the full article here.

To learn more about Bishop Eaton’s Leadership Initiative, please visit http://www.elca.org/leaders