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• Katherine Finegan reelected bishop of the ELCA Northern Great Lakes Synod May 19, 2023
  ​CHICAGO — The Rev. Katherine A. Finegan, Marquette, Mich., was reelected May 19 to serve a second six-year term as bishop of the Northern Great Lakes Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election was held during the synod assembly May 18-20 at the Northern Center at Northern Michigan University in Marquette.Finegan was […]
• Donald Kreiss reelected bishop of the ELCA Southeast Michigan Synod May 19, 2023
  ​CHICAGO — The Rev. Dr. Donald P. Kreiss, Detroit, was reelected May 19 to serve a third six-year term as bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election was held during the synod assembly May 18-20 at the Blue Water Convention Center in Port Huron, Mich.Kreiss was reelected […]
• Rebecca Middeke-Conlin elected bishop of the ELCA Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod May 11, 2023
  ​CHICAGO — The Rev. Rebecca Middeke-Conlin, Tulsa, Okla., was elected May 7 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, May 5-7, at the Hyatt Place Tulsa–South in Tulsa.Middeke-Conlin was elected on the fifth ballot, with 58 […]
• Meggan Manlove elected bishop of the ELCA Northwest Intermountain Synod May 2, 2023
  ​CHICAGO — The Rev. Meggan H. Manlove, Nampa, Idaho, was elected April 29 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northwest Intermountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, April 28-30, at the Red Lion Airport Hotel and Conference Center in Pasco, Wash.Manlove was […]
• ELCA Church Council appoints members to the Commission on a Renewed Lutheran Church April 26, 2023
  ​CHICAGO — The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met electronically April 20. The council serves as the ELCA churchwide organization's board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly.The council took the following actions:Appointed members to the Commission on a Renewed Lutheran Church (CRLC), which will hold […]
• ELCA Launches Truth and Healing Movement April 12, 2023
  ​The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has announced the launch of the ELCA's Truth and Healing Movement. The focus of the initiative is to increase the church's understanding of the impacts of colonization on Indigenous people in past generations and in the present."We must be in […]