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Lutherans in the Twin Cities |
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Metro Lutheran to revamp Web page
If you are visiting Metro Lutheran's Web site to see a new Web page, you will
need to return soon. The new site is still under construction. Try again
November 10.
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National Lutheran Stories |
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Born at the beginning of this decade, Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ seeks out position in a new environment
As plans for the national gathering of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for
Christ (LCMC) were being made, no one knew what to expect. The largest
previous registration for such a gathering included 380 people. But this
national gathering was coming just two months after the Evangelical
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Lutheran reform movement ratifies its future
Lutheran CORE(Coalition for Renewal) has been a coalition of reform
movements recognized by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
as an independent affiliated organization. That status changed after the ELCA
Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis in August, when CORE ended its
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Lutherans in the Twin Cities |
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Salt and leaven in the Holy Land
Where the world hangs in balance, few Christians remain. Yet Christians have
been in that balance for a long time. As leaven, as salt, Christians may yet
play a role.
Christian numbers are diminishing in the tense Mideast; Arab Christians
departing for safer places. Yet remaining
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The texture of the scriptures
In a miniature assembly line in the basement of St. Michael’s Lutheran
Church (LCMS) in Bloomington, Minnesota, volunteers produce the books of
Genesis and Revelation in Braille. The 60 volunteers at St. Michael’s are part
of a nationwide volunteer network called Lutheran
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The congregation as holy space
Susan Roth, national register historian for the Minnesota Historical Society,
addressing the congregation of Christ Church Lutheran (ELCA), Minneapolis,
during the celebration of its designation as a National Historic Landmark,
said, “This is an evening worthy of an
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Lutherans in Minnesota |
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Former church advocate’s passion for world’s hungry hasn’t subsided
Although he stepped down from leading the ELCA Hunger Appeal a decade
ago, Roger Livdahl is still a cheerleader for disenfranchised people. And he
sees a lot of untapped resources in the billfolds and bank accounts of his
fellow U.S. Lutherans.
“Jesus has a lot to say about how we
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National Lutheran Stories |
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Churches find practical ways to prepare for H1N1 pandemic
Warnings for how to be prepared for the H1N1 pandemic have filled the
television, Internet, radio, and print media over the course of the last year. As
of June 2009, the H1N1 virus was officially classified as a pandemic by the
World Health Organization. And, according to the Center for
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Lutheran Church of El Salvador continues prophetic witness for justice
Twenty years have passed since November 1989: During a guerrilla offensive
by the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) of El Salvador, six
Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter, were murdered by
elements of the Salvadoran military at the Catholic University
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Time is Running Out for IRA Charitable Distributions
Time is running out for those who are 70-and-a-half or older to make
qualified charitable distributions from their IRAs. In late summer 2008, the
U.S. Congress passed a continuance of legislation established in 2006 that
allows an individual to make distributions from an IRA up to $100,000
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