Congratulations to the Rev. Elizabeth Villegas, leader of Wingspan ILM, the campus ministry at UNC Wilmington. Pastor Elizabeth has received ELCA LuMin’s 2025 Rookie of the Year Award! In just a short time, through her passion and the power of the Holy Spirit, she has built a loving, inclusive ministry at a smaller satellite campus.
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We celebrate with Pastor Stephen Cheyney (Niner United Campus Ministry, UNC Charlotte) on the release of his new book, Start Here: Open the Bible, Enter Its Story, Walk Its Path! Written to meet readers wherever they are, this practical and hope-filled guide makes Scripture approachable and life-giving. With rave reviews from Bishop Michael Curry and
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At the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, For the Life of the World, voting members from the 65 synods of this church—including the 13 voting members of the NC Synod—acted on various items of business, including social statements, memorials, and bylaw amendments. Particular items of note are listed below: Memorial B14—Consideration of Recommendation 1 of the
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The Rev. Lucille “CeCee” Mills, currently serving as an assistant to the bishop of the NC Synod, was elected Aug. 1 to serve a six-year term as secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly held July 28–August 2 at the Phoenix, Arizona, Convention
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The Rev. Yehiel Curry, currently serving as bishop of the Metro Chicago Synod, was elected July 30 to serve a six-year term as presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly being held July 28–Aug. 2 at the Phoenix (Ariz.) Convention Center. Curry
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Join Lutherans all across this synod beginning Sunday, July 6, for Heartfelt Hebrews, a Bible reading journey through one of the most poetic, profound, and mysterious books in the New Testament. We don’t know who wrote Hebrews or exactly who first heard it, but we do know this: it speaks powerfully into our lives today.
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Deacon Tammy Jones West, chair of the NC Synod Bishop’s Transition Team, offers these important notes on this time of transition: Bishop Tim is still the bishop until August 1. Bishop-elect Emily doesn’t start until then. It’s important to leave well, and goodbyes matter. If you’d like to invite her to anything, know that decisions
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In July 2019, in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the ordination of women, the bishops of Region 9 developed the “Region 9 Bishops’ Relational Agreement for boundaries, candidacy, and call process.” The introductory paragraph of that document states: Committed to always reforming for the health of leaders, vitality of congregations, and the flourishing of
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“God is calling through the whisper of the Spirit’s deepest sighs,…” (GTG 410) God, through those gathered in assembly and under the Holy Spirit’s guidance, has called by the same process a congregation uses to call a pastor, a new bishop for the NC Synod. Each round of voting opened with prayer offered by Deacon
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Walking Together As you may already know, synod means “walking together.” And that’s exactly what we did at the Koury Convention Center last week—not just from one hotel tower to the other, but across roster and geography. Pastors and deacons. SAMs and certified lay preachers. Voting members and guests. From Andrews to Elizabeth City, from
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