Augsburg Fortress will close its nine U.S. bookstores by April 30, leaving only a rented bookstore at Luther Seminary in St. Paul and two in Canada bearing the publisher’s name. The publisher is ...

Meanwhile, the suit asserts, Augsburg Fortress purposely underfunded the pension plan annually going back to 2001, breaking its contract with employees to add sufficient funds every year. Neal St ...

A federal judge dismissed portions of a lawsuit that challenges Augsburg Fortress Publishers’ decision to terminate its pension plan but left intact other claims, including breach of contract.

The legal battle over the demise of Augsburg Fortress Press’ pension plan is seven months along, but the case remains hung up on one key question: Was it actually a “church plan?” ...

ECLA publisher Augsburg Fortress agrees to pay $4.5 million for failed pension plan Back to Top © 2025 American City Business Journals. All rights reserved. Use of ...

Augsburg Fortress, which publishes ELCA hymnals, Sunday school materials and theological texts, told approximately 500 current and former employees in January that their pension plan was underfunded ...

The publishing house associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Augsburg Fortress, is now operating under the name 1517 Media. The name was inspired by the year the ...

Augsburg Fortress, the publishing arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, will launch a trade imprint for children, Sparkhouse Family, on August 4. The inaugural list will include six ...

Nine settings composed by Jonathan Reuss, Waverly, and published as Organ Festivity: Joyous Hymn Settings, are described as brilliant by Augsburg Fortress. The Minneapolis-based publishing company ...