The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which represents nearly 3.5 million Christians, voted Wednesday to become the country’s first “sanctuary church body,” according to church officials.

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 ...

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kissel Hill began serving the community in a freshly built building at 26 Owl Road, just south of Lititz. The area was then known as New Haven.

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 ...