Two matters, both of them of greatest importance, are before us. On the one hand, there is the Reformation, a decisive turning point in church history. What is more, it is not merely an event of past ...

This story appears in the Reformation turns 500 feature series. View the full series. A woodcut from a 1568 Protestant pamphlet shows Martin Luther and other Protestants withstand attacks from the ...

PARIS (RNS) Five hundred years after the Reformation, one of Protestantism’s leading branches has officially said it now agrees with the Vatican on the main issue at the root of its split from the ...

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Vicar Brad Welik portrays Martin Luther and Rob Crawford the notorious seller of indulgencies, Johann Tetzel, in church’s “Walk Through the Reformation.” It is part of ...

Using powerful words and striking artistry to communicate complex ideas is a masterful way to reach out to people’s spirituality. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was such a master who capitalized on both ...

In Honolulu last week, 1,300 bishops, priests and laymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church met under Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill for their 58th triennial general convention—the first held ...

“As a pastor, you shouldn’t take a stand one way or the other. You should just be neutral.” I often hear lines like this from church members. I’m guessing they haven’t read Anna Mad­sen’s new book, ...

Heidi Rochlin will be installed as the director of music at Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Exeter Township, Sunday at the 8 and 10:45 a.m. worship services. Rochlin is the ...