The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) commended "Evangelical Lutheran Worship" -- a new primary worship resource -- to the church's 10,657 congregations for use as an "enriching addition" to ELCA worship patterns.
The Church Council is the ELCA's board of directors and serves as the legislative authority of the church between churchwide assemblies. The council met here Nov. 11-13. Assemblies are held every other year; the next is here Aug. 6-12, 2007.
Evangelical Lutheran Worship is an outcome of a five-year project initiated by the Church Council in 2000 to renew the worship life of the ELCA. The "Renewing Worship" project invites the 4.9-million-member church to discuss, explore, review and engage with new worship materials.
(Via Adjicio Christi)