On February 19, 1974, following the suspension of Concordia Seminary President Rev. John Tietjen by the Lutheran Church-Missouri SYnod President Jacob Preus, most of the seminary faculty and student body lead a walk out from the campus. The controversy swirling around the suspension and the walk out led to defining events in the Lutheran church […]
El Sínodo del Área de Minneapolis (The Minneapolis Area Synod, ELCA), ha recibido una subvención de $1.25 millones de la fundación Lilly Endowment Inc. para ayudar a establecer el programa ‘Family Faith: Deepening Roots, Strengthening Families,’” (Fe Familiar: Profundizando Raíces, Fortaleciendo Familias”), un programa que explora cómo la fe y la cultura están entrelazadas en […]
The Minneapolis Area Synod, ELCA, has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish “Family Faith: Deepening Roots, Strengthening Families,” a program to explore how faith and culture are intertwined in immigrant and non-dominant households in efforts for faith formation. The project is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s “Christian Parenting and […]
By Minneapolis Area Synod Bishop Ann Svennungsen, Southeastern Minnesota Synod Bishop Regina Hassanally, Saint Paul Area Synod Bishop Patricia Lull, Northeastern Minnesota Synod Bishop Amy Odgren , Southwestern Minnesota Synod Bishop Dee Pederson, and Northwestern Minnesota Synod Bishop Bill Tesch Current economic conditions present difficult choices to leaders across all sectors of our economy: businesses, […]
As stipulated in the Synod Constitution, the Minneapolis Area Synod Council at its first meeting since the 2023 Synod Assembly considered and approved a Bishop’s Election Committee (BEC) for the 2024 Synod Assembly election. Bishop Ann Svennungsen will have reached her twelve-year term limit in July, 2024, so a new bishop will be elected at the May 2-4 Assembly. The Synod’s Nominating Committee provided the Synod Council with a slate of seven names (and two alternates) for consideration for the BEC. The Nominating Committee members strived to identify people who express all the diversity of the synod – from size and location of congregation to age, ethnicity, and gender.
By Pastor Paul Lutter Amid COVID19’s lingering impact, leaders of Lutheran Campus Ministry – Twin Cities (LCM-TC) had to ask themselves a difficult set of questions related to their free weekly noon soup meal that they had hosted during the school year on Tuesdays for more than 15 years. While the meal had historically served […]
By John Mai Just a few blocks away from Lake Nokomis sits a newly renovated church on 31st Avenue in South Minneapolis. Previously home only to Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church (ELCA), the building now additionally houses Living Table UCC (United Church of Christ) and Spirit of Saint Stephen’s Catholic Community. The three worshiping bodies have […]
A congregation’s constitution is its primary governing document. It provides a framework for its purpose and mission and includes provisions that address important matters such as Council and Committee leadership, membership criteria, the call of a pastor and/or deacon, administration of real estate and property, and the congregation’s relationship with the synod and the larger […]
By John Mai In Minnesota, more than 48,000 residents are not allowed to vote in elections due to the fact that they are currently on probation or parole. Even though these citizens have finished their prison sentences, they are not able to share in one of the fundamental aspects of participatory democracy. The Minneapolis Area […]
By Pastor Craig Pederson For the first time since the fall of 2019, rostered ministers gathered on the shores of Gull Lake near Brainerd for the 2022 Bishop’s Theological Conference. The theme for this year’s conference was “Facing the Wilderness, Embracing a Path,” focusing on the climate change crisis, environmental racism, and the responses of […]