As I have traveled around the ELCA and ELCIC one of the concerns that I often hear expressed is for the smallest congregations; those with an average weekly worship attendance of fewer than 100. These faithful worshippers gather each week in cities, in suburbs, in small towns and rural areas throughout North America. [...]

One of the fun parts of my role at Augsburg Fortress is that I receive the “first off of the press” copies of the print resources we develop. Last week, I received the two latest books written by Herb Brokering. There is only a brief description of Herb on our website that [...]

One of our most imporant partnerships is that with our creative partners….writers, musicians, artists, designers, freelance editors, etc. Besides looking for talented people, we also try very hard to have a diverse community of participants. This includes (but is not limited to) age, gender, lay & clergy, ethnicity & race, and geography. [...]