Lutheranism
Lutheran World Federation elects first female general secretary to lead global communion
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 21, 2021
(RNS) — In addition to being the first woman, the Rev. Anne Burghardt's election makes her the first pastor from Central and Eastern Europe to lead the LWF.
Headed for a larger stage, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her ‘house’ in order
By Carina Julig — August 5, 2018
(RNS) — Seen as a tattooed rebel when she founded Denver's House for All Saints and Sinners, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her church a decade later as a model for mainline Protestant outreach.
‘She is loose’: A historic group of female Lutheran bishops on #MeToo and the Holy Spirit
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 25, 2018
CHICAGO (RNS) — The ELCA has elected the largest number of female bishops in one year to lead the mainline denomination.
Mazel tov to my Protestant friends!
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 25, 2017
(RNS) — Should Jews mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation? Yes. But.....
God at Nuremberg: How an American pastor came to comfort Nazis
By Kimberly Winston — August 22, 2014
(RNS) How did a quiet American pastor come to be the spiritual care-giver of Nazi war criminals? A new book, "Mission at Nuremberg," dusts off an overlooked corner of World War II history.
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