CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. J. David Simonson, a retired pastor of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and well-known Lutheran
missionary who served in East Africa, died Aug. 16 at his home in Arusha,
Tanzania. Simonson, 80, spent more than 40 years working with the Maasai
tribe in Africa, and may have been best known for starting Operation
Bootstrap-Africa (OBA) in 1965, which raised millions of dollars to build
schools, including a school for young Maasai women.
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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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