HANCOCK COUNTY — The smell of sauerkraut wafting through the fellowship hall was a sure sign that German Fest had returned to Faith Lutheran Church in Greenfield last weekend. Guests were greeted by ...

Shirley Goodfellow, right, holds her granddaughter Jocelyn Ice, 3, left, as she smiles at the sights and sounds of German Fest Saturday at the First Lutheran Church in Parkersburg. (Photo by Michelle ...

The committee planning the return of the annual German Fest at First Lutheran Church in Parkersburg includes, from left, seated, Caleb Reid, Lori Butler with Cora Reid, Linda Dally, Eli Reid and Mary ...

EISENACH, Germany (RNS) — 'For all of Luther’s vehemence against the veneration of relics, that’s exactly what we’re doing,' said the Rev. Patrick Shebeck, leading a group organized by his Minnesota ...

Lutheran Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, president of the Protestant Church in Germany, is pictured in a file photo speaking at the christening of Sea-Watch 4, the rescue ship for refugees, in Kiel.

Why do more than 400 people attend an event that many can’t even pronounce? Because the visitors to this event at Mountain View Lutheran Church share a common love of the German language and customs. ...

BERLIN – Germany's Lutheran church is rejecting any efforts to convert Jews, a move that is being welcomed by the country's Jewish community. The synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany approved ...

Wayne E. Lessmann comes from generations of Texans. So, naturally his first words and early religious experiences were in ... German? "The Lutheran church where we went when I was a child still had ...

When Anke Deibler began her ministry at Calvary Lutheran Church in Mount Airy two years ago, she figured all her sermons would be in English. If she tried an all-German service, speaking in her native ...