CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Floyd M. Schoenhals, 59, was elected to a second six-year term as bishop of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at its assembly April 28- 30 in the Great Plains Coliseum, Lawton, Okla. He received 107 of 126 votes cast on the first ballot April 29. There were 11 other nominees.
Schoenhals was born in Shattuck, Okla. He graduated from Concordia Senior College, Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Ordained in 1966, he served as pastor of several congregations in Louisiana and Oklahoma.
In 1994 Schoenhals succeeded the Rev. Robert H. Studtmann as bishop.
The Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod is about 16,750 Lutherans in 59 ELCA congregations across Arkansas and Oklahoma. The synod office is in Tulsa.
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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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