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Virginia Forward Phase 3: Guidance for Congregational Leaders

By |2020-06-26T15:00:19-04:00June 26th, 2020|News|

Office of the Bishop Statement on Virginia Forward Phase 3 PDF As legal barriers to gathering again in-person are relaxed, the Office of the Bishop acknowledges the understandable desire to gather in-person. Therefore, we [...]

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Emanuel Nine & Juneteenth – Bishop Bob Humphrey’s Statement on Racism

By |2020-06-16T10:13:32-04:00June 16th, 2020|Do Justice, News|

As we prepare to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the murders of nine Black members of a Bible study group in the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church by a white Lutheran (ELCA)-raised man [...]

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Bishop Humphrey 2020 Report to the Virginia Synod

By |2020-06-26T11:58:09-04:00June 12th, 2020|News|

FAITHFUL + BOLD + SERVING Since, then, we have such a hope [through Christ Jesus] we act with great boldness… (2 Corinthians 2:13) Because we are saved, called and empowered by God who is FAITHFUL + BOLD + [...]

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Bishop Eaton’s Revised Sermon for Sunday June, 2020

By |2020-06-03T14:49:52-04:00June 3rd, 2020|News|

Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has rerecorded her national sermon and Gospel reading to share with the church on Sunday, June 7, The Holy Trinity. The revised video is available now on YouTube (view) and Vimeo (). Links to the [...]

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Upcoming Day of Remembrance and Repentance for the ‘Emanuel 9’

By |2020-06-05T15:50:19-04:00May 25th, 2020|Do Justice, News|

June 17th, 2015, Dylann Roof, a member on the rolls of St. Paul Lutheran Church – ELCA - in Charleston, SC entered Mother Emanuel AME church for a prayer meeting. He proceeded to shoot and [...]

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