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        CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Richard E. Jaech, Vancouver, Wash., was elected June 8 to a six-year term as bishop of the Southwestern Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Jaech was elected on the sixth ballot during the synod’s assembly June 7-8 in Tacoma, Wash.
        "I look forward to working with the members of the Southwestern Washington Synod, as we let the Spirit of Christ move through us. This is an exciting time to be in ministry together," said Jaech.
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Suzanne Dillahunt elected bishop of ELCA Southern Ohio Synod
Jun 17, 2013; 13-41-CHB

        CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Suzanne Darcy Dillahunt, Marysville, Ohio, was elected June 8 to a six-year term as bishop of the Southern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Dillahunt was elected on the fifth ballot during the synod’s assembly June 6-8 in Springfield, Ohio.
        “I am excited about this call to be bishop of the Southern Ohio Synod,” said Dillahunt. “I am looking forward to working with the people in our synod, as well as the region and churchwide organization in building relationships for ...(more)

LWF document urges members to be a 'communion in a fragmented world'
Jun 17, 2013; 13-40-MRC

        CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The council of The Lutheran World Federation has recommended that all member churches of the federation -- which represents more than 70 million Christians in the world, including members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) -- consider a document that calls for being a communion in a fragmented world.

        The federation’s ...(more)