by Joshua Drobena | Jan 18, 2023 | News Releases
From December 13-18, 2022, the Slovak Zion Synod gathered in Assembly aboard the Norwegian Getaway, embarking from New York, NY with two days scheduled in Bermuda as the main port of call for the voyage before returning home. The theme of this year’s assembly was:...
by Joshua Drobena | Sep 19, 2022 | News Releases
Gathering under the theme “Embody the Word,” voting members of the 2022 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) made a number of key decisions to further the mission and ministry of this church. The assembly, the chief legislative...
by Joshua Drobena | Apr 29, 2022 | News Releases
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will observe its 35th anniversary on April 30. On this date in 1987, the ELCA constitution was adopted during the opening session of the Constituting Convention in Columbus, Ohio. The ELCA was formed from a merger of...
by Joshua Drobena | Aug 10, 2019 | News Releases
CHICAGO, IL (SZS) — Gathering under the theme “We are church,” voting members of the 2019 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) made a number of key decisions to further the mission and ministry of this church. The assembly,...
by Joshua Drobena | Jan 16, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally observed on the eight days beginning January 18, which is the Feast of the Confession of St. Peter, and ending on January 25, the day commemorating the Conversion of St. Paul. It is a...