SCHNEIDER RE-ELECTED LUTHERAN BISHOP OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
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CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Theodore F. Schneider was re-elected June 8 to a six-year term as bishop of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod assembly at the Eisenhower Inn, Gettysburg Pa. Schneider, 66, has been bishop of the synod since 1995.
Schneider was re-elected on the fourth ballot for bishop with 202 votes, over the Rev. Sherman G. Hicks, First Trinity Lutheran Church, Washington, D.C., and former bishop of the ELCA Metropolitan Chicago Synod, who received 80 votes; and the Rev. Ronald G. Qualley, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Fairfax, Va., with 52 votes. There were 45 names on the nominating ballot.
Born in Portsmouth, Va., Schneider is a graduate of Roanoke College, Salem, Va., one of 28 ELCA higher education institutions, and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, one of eight ELCA seminaries. After his ordination in 1959, he served as pastor of congregations in Millheim and Lancaster, Pa. Prior to assuming the role of bishop in 1995, he served nine years as senior pastor at Saint Luke Lutheran Church, Silver Spring, Md.
Schneider and his wife, Doris, have two grown children.
The ELCA Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Synod has 39,530 baptized members in 75 congregations and two mission congregations. Its offices are in the District of Columbia. -- -- -- [*Michelle T. Mills is a senior at Bradley University, Peoria, Ill. This summer she is an intern with ELCA News and Information.]
[*Karen S. Krueger is communication coordinator for the ELCA
Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Synod.]
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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.
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