If you're interested in doing mission, there could hardly be a better tool than denominations.

The Lutheran pastor believes that he's been able to reach more people than if he had not had cancer.

Confessionalists say the standing president has taken a nondenominational, evangelical megachurch approach.

New Anglican and Lutheran groups need to nurture a positive identity.

What this Lutheran learned when he visited the Amish.

There is no authoritative biblical or theological guidance in the church. There are only many voices.

Tornado touches convention center as Lutherans approve sexuality statement by the exact margin it needed to pass.

The ubiquity of religion in this campaign season is distinctly un-Lutheran.

"This church does not have consensus," committee says.

Finland's courts step in after visiting pastor refuses to lead service with a woman.

Mainline Lutheran assembly urges bishops not to discipline gay ministers.

Historian Jaroslav Pelikan (1923-2006) thought theology was too important to be left to the theologians.

Students sue when Christian school expels them for 'lesbian behavior.'

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ELCA assembly opens door to same-sex blessings.

Conservative theologians dismayed by recommendations on gay unions.

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Four hundred fifty years after his death, Martin Luther can still inspire and guide us.