Upper Arlington Lutheran Church voted Sunday to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). A second vote is required before the departure is considered final.

The ELCA has struggled over how to deal with gay marriages and clergy and whether to cooperate with other denominations, says the Rev. Dale Wolf, senior pastor at Atonement Lutheran Church, 4601 S ...

West Prairie Lutheran Church was at a crossroads, says David Strand, a lifelong member. Attendance was dropping at the rural Kindred, N.D., church, averaging 30 people. Finances were dour. And ...

Anselm Trinity Lutheran's resolution to withdraw from the ELCA passed for the second and final time by a vote of 25-4, church council president Jill Bunn said. Sheldon is a town of nearly 120 ...