SORENSON-BUSH: AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE MINISTRIES
Marilyn Sorenson-Bush, Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been named director
for American Indian and Alaska Native ministries, racial justice
ministries in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Commission
for Multicultural Ministries effective June 1. Sorenson-Bush, a
member of the Sisseton-Wahpaton Sioux Tribe, served as chairperson for
the Multicultural Ministries Committee in the ELCA's Florida-Bahamas
Synod in 1995. She served as a board member for Women of the ELCA,
the women's organization of the ELCA, from 1993 to 1996. "I am excited
about the gifts Marilyn will bring to the commission," said the Rev.
Frederick E.N. Rajan, executive director for the commission.
Sorenson-Bush succeeds Kathleen Fleury. The Rev. Gordon J. Straw,
Bethel Lutheran Church, Chicago, served as interim-director since
Fleury's resignation in September 1996.
For information contact:
Ann Hafften, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://www.elca.org/co/news/current.html
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
For information contact:
Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org
