On July 11, members voted 63-7 to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. On Reformation Day Oct. 31, they voted 76-6 with 1 abstention to leave the ELCA and join the North American ...

Sayingthey're done with efforts to reform the nation's largest Lutheran body, dissidents have unveiled blueprints for a rival denomination, the North American Lutheran Church. The new body, which ...

But that decline is balanced by individual congregations that flourish, many of which hold the same views as the North American Lutheran Church, said Mark Chavez of Landisville, Pa., director of ...

The NALC is a fast growing church body uniting more than 100,000 Lutherans in more than 300 congregations across North American since 2010. The NALC is firmly grounded in the center of Lutheranism.

The North American Lutheran Church has grown from its original 17 members to 370 in 2013. Padgett was quick to note that recognizing gay marriage was not the only factor.

The new Reformation Lutheran Church is Lancaster County's first member in the new the North American Lutheran Church. Eighty-two worshippers attended the first service at the NALC mission church ...

Conservative Lutherans have a new church body that came into being following disagreements with the Evan­gelical Lutheran Church in America over the ordination of gay clergy. The North American ...

But pastors in a few churches that plan to join the North American Lutheran Church say there are still good reasons to be part of a larger church body.

The new congregation has joined an informal group of Lutheran churches called the North American Lutheran Church, Mulvaine said. “It was the best 10 years of my life,” he said.

Union Lutheran Church, 4770 Bringle Ferry Road, will celebrate homecoming in observation of its 250th anniversary next Sunday, Aug. 11. Guest preacher is Bishop Dan Selbo of the North American ...

Mount Union Lutheran Church in western Carroll County is settling into its new affiliation and preparing to call its first full-time pastor. Alex Myers, Mount Union’s church council president ...

(RNS) Saying they're done with efforts to reform the nation's largest Lutheran body, dissidents unveiled blueprints Thursday (Feb. 18) for a rival ...