St. Matthew Lutheran Church

ELCA

• Philip Hirsch elected executive director of ELCA Domestic Mission
  CHICAGO  – The Rev. Philip C. Hirsch was elected to a four-year renewable term as executive director of the Domestic Mission unit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Hirsch was elected by the ELCA Church Council at its November meeting. His term will begin Feb. 1, 2019.Hirsch has served as director for evangelical […]
• ELCA, Episcopal, and Catholic Church leaders issue statement on East Jerusalem hospitals
  The Presiding Bishop and Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church on behalf of its House of Bishops, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committees on International Justice and Peace and Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs together wish to raise their grave concern that […]
• ELCA presiding bishop responds to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
  Dear Sisters and Brothers,I write to you with a broken heart – for the lives lost, wounded, and shattered by horrific hatred and violence at Tree of Life Congregation this morning. We join our Jewish neighbors and enter into mourning for all that has been lost. In our grief, God is our comfort. "The Lord […]