ELCA Assembly Elects Council, Committee, Board Members

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Voting members of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America (ELCA) 2007 Churchwide Assembly elected leaders
Aug. 10 to serve on the ELCA Church Council, and churchwide
committees and boards.
The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of
the ELCA, met here Aug. 6-11 at Navy Pier's Festival Hall. About
2,000 people participated, including 1,069 ELCA voting members.
The theme for the biennial assembly is "Living in God's Amazing
Grace: Thanks be to God!"
The ELCA Nominating Committee prepared a slate of nominees.
Most of those elected will serve six-year terms on ELCA boards,
committees and the Church Council. The election results are:

ELCA Church Council:
The Rev. David W. Peters, Billings, Mont.
The Rev. Jose Pablo Obregon, Willmar, Minn.
The Rev. Rachel L. Connelly, Wilmington, N.C.
The Rev. Susan Langhauser, Olathe, Kan.
Deborah L. Chenoweth, Hood River, Ore.
Rebecca Jo "Becky" Brakke, Dallas
Karin Lynn Graddy, DeKalb, Ill.
Mark E. Johnson, Seattle
Mark W. Myers, Las Vegas
John S. Munday, Isanti, Minn.
John R. Emery, Fond du Lac, Wis.

Program Committee, ELCA Evangelical Outreach and
Congregational Mission:
The Rev. Marda-Ruth F. Roberts, Hemet, Calif.
Judith H. "Judy" Smith, Stafford, Va.
David A. Dearhamer, Tulsa, Okla.
The Rev. William O. "Will" Voss, Scottsbluff, Neb.
Deborah Covin Wilson, Decatur, Ga.

Program Committee, ELCA Global Mission:
The Rev. Paula M. Stecker, York, Pa.
Henry T. Tkachuk, Moorhead, Minn.
George T. "G.T." Johnson, Xenia, Ohio
The Rev. Dennis M. Maurer, Findlay, Ohio
Terry E. Cole, Albuquerque, N.M.

Program Committee, ELCA Vocation and Education:
The Rev. Donald C. "Don" Jukam, Poulsbo, Wash.
Carolyn J. Butts, Evansville, Wis.
Robert N. Corley III, Tuskegee, Ala.
The Rev. Megan J. Jones, Atlanta
Robert S. Schroeder, Overland Park, Kan.

Program Committee, ELCA Church in Society:
The Rev. Erbey Gonzalez, Tomball, Texas
Julia H. Accola, Rochester, Minn.
Sheila Welch, Stafford Springs, Conn.
The Rev. Anna K. Terman-White, Omaha, Neb.
Kevin V. Lotz, New York

Program Committee, ELCA Multicultural Ministries:
The Rev. Rani R. Abdulmasih, Dearborn, Mich.
The Rev. Jackie D. Russell, Oaks, Okla.
Angela R. Miller, Chicago
Fumei Liang, Huntington Beach, Calif.

Board of Trustees, Augsburg Fortress, Publishing House
of the ELCA:
The Rev. Scott J. Suskovic, Charlotte, N.C.
The Rev. Beth Marie Halvorsen, The Woodlands, Texas
Mary L. Butler, Durango, Colo.
Linda J. Brown, Moorhead, Minn.
Richard Parker Klau, Naperville, Ill.

Board of Trustees, ELCA Board of Pensions:
Kelly LuAnne Birch, Arlington Heights, Ill.
Ruby M. Joy, Jamaica, N.Y.
Greg Smith, Freeport, Bahamas
Michael J. McCoy, Fort Myers, Fla.
Roger A. Sayler, New Canaan, Conn.

Board of Trustees, ELCA Mission Investment Fund:
Barbara A. Swartling, Bainbridge Island, Wash.
Harold C. Mueller, Chesterfield, Mo.
Robert A. Sandoval, Albuquerque, N.M.

ELCA Nominating Committee:
The Rev. Jonathan L. Eilert, Loveland, Ohio
The Rev. Loren D. Mai, Hutchinson, Kan.
Gwen E. Arneson, Cottonwood, Minn.
Linda N. Lovell, Ellicott City, Md.
James M. Hushagen, Edgewood, Wash.
Jeremy D. Posadas, New York

ELCA Committee on Discipline:
The Rev. Kenneth M. Ruppar, Richmond,Va.
The Rev. Lee J. Griess, Omaha, Neb.
The Rev. Mary W. Anderson, Columbia, S.C.
The Rev. Nancy J. Goede, Oak Lawn, Ill.
The Rev. Lawrence J. Clark, Atlanta
Faith Ashton, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Gayle Gordon Bouzard, Wimberly, Texas
Meghan E. Smith, Chicago
Yvonne A. Wells, St. John, Virgin Islands
Larry D. Moeller, Sacramento, Calif.
Mark A. Betley, Utica, N.Y.
Alan W. Chen, Forest Hills, N.Y.

ELCA Committee on Appeals:
The Rev. A. Donald Main, Sunbury, Pa.
The Rev. Leah K. Schafer, Reston, Va.
Rebecca J. Poppe, Fremont, Neb.
Gary A. Dahlke, Spokane, Wash.
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Information about the 2007 ELCA Churchwide Assembly is at
http://www.ELCA.org/assembly/ on the Web.

* Lauren A. Lamb is a senior public relations and speech
communication major at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
This summer she is an intern with the ELCA News Service.

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