The pastor of the fastest growing urban congregation in the Lutheran Church (ELCA) says what draws people to join St. Paul’s is the energy and vibrancy that hits them the first minute they come through the door. Peter Marty says things were not that way 16 years ago when he arrived to pastor a church [...]

It’s high time established churches got over their ‘Edifice Complexes’ and returned to their first call – says ELCA bishop Mike Rinehart. He’s encouraged that his Synod has made evangelism its first priority, so this self-described bull in a china shop is charging forward. In this interview hear how the Synod’s plan to place 2 [...]