CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Karen L. Bloomquist, director for studies in the Division for Church in Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), begins a one-year assignment on Aug. 1 as study secretary for church and society issues in the Department for Theology and Studies of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Geneva, Switzerland.
Bloomquist is taking sabbatical leave from her duties with the ELCA and as part-time associate professor of theological ethics at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa.
A graduate of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Calif., Bloomquist earned her doctorate at Union Theological Seminary, New York.
Bloomquist, 51, has been pastor of Faith American Lutheran Church, Oakland, Calif., and the Lutheran Church of St. Philip, Brooklyn, N.Y. She served as assistant professor of church and society and a visiting lecturer at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
Among other responsibilities, the ELCA Division for Church in Society assists the church in considering moral issues, prepares social statements and messages, and develops education and program resources on social issues.
The LWF is a global communion of Lutheran churches. Founded in 1947, the LWF now has 128 member churches in 70 countries representing more than 57 million of the world's 61 million Lutherans. LWF central offices are in Geneva, Switzerland.
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John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
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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.
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