What happened: A conservative Lutheran group announced it will form a separate network from the ELCA. Why it matters: It’s a further sign of deep divisions in the country’s largest Lutheran ...

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 ...

Hawley Lutheran Church will split from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America after members voted overwhelmingly Sunday to leave the denomination. The vote was the culmination of a yearlong debate ...

As an observer to what is currently taking place in the local ELCA Lutheran churches regarding whether or not to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America because of its new statement regarding ...

Conservatives upset over the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's recent decision to allow non-celibate gay clergy have voted to create a free-standing synod and study for a year whether to leave ...

Fargo's largest congregation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has suspended its funding to the denomination because of controversial decisions regarding homosexuality made at the recent ...

The Roanoke Times is reporting that one of the largest evangelical Lutheran churches in Western Virginia has tanken the first step to split from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.By a ...

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.

Following the decision of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to allow sexually active homosexual clergy, an objecting Lutheran group has begun to form a new church body for those ...

(RNS) The leaders of two conservative Lutheran denominations blasted the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for approving a measure on Friday (Aug. 21) to allow non-celibate gay clergy. Both the ...

Lutheran churches in Philip, Midland and Long Valley voted Sunday by large margins to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for the newly created North American Lutheran Church. First ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Protestant denomination in Minnesota, has become the first North American denomination to declare itself a sanctuary church, committed to ...