The former Dana campus has been purchased by Lutheran Family Services and is being converted into a transitional housing program for youth aging out of the foster care system in Nebraska. Read more about Dana Village

Stay up-to-date on the work of the Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church.

Lutheran Community Services Northwest is thrilled to celebrate Kennewick First Lutheran Church as this year's Wiseman Award winner! 

Did you know that the phrase ‘separation of church and state’ does not appear in our U.S. Constitution?  It was first attributed to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson in 1802 in a letter to Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut as he attempted to clarify his understanding of the Constitution’s First Amendment, Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the Press.  Specifically, it states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."  Jefferson wasn’t saying our religious beliefs and government should be separated, but only that the U.S. Government cannot establish, for the country, a national religion.  Similarly, it cannot prevent the free expressions of one’s faith.

Two helpful tax guides are now available for church personnel. Portico provides rostered ministers and congregations participating in the ELCA benefit program with access to no-cost tax guides.

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Church Mutual, has recently introduced two new email addresses that may be useful to your congregation should you encounter servicing or non-renewal issues.