Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is the largest denomination in the United States, the product of a merger of three denominations in 1987. The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, founded in 1847 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral on Saturday. The Rev. Megan Rohrer ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has installed its first out transgender bishop. The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church’s 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 ...

Rohrer was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Sierra Pacific synod on Saturday, May 8, 2021, becoming the first transgender person to serve as bishop in the ...