by Melissa Ramirez Cooper, ELCA News Service
Jill A. Schumann, president and CEO of Lutheran Services in America
(LSA), Baltimore, has been named in The NonProfit Times' 2009 "Power and
Influence Top 50." Schumann is one of few leaders included in the list
for seven consecutive years, according to a LSA news release.
"Lutheran health and human service organizations in the United States
have been compelled and sustained by their call to love and serve our
neighbors," said Schumann. "In preparation for LSA's 10th anniversary,
we asked our members how LSA should live that out in the next decade. It
is our members who inspire me and the whole system to shape the future
with enthusiasm, savvy and resolve to create communities that are
generous, inclusive and just," she said.
There are 300 Lutheran health and human service organizations that
participate in LSA, serving more than 6 million people annually in the
United States and Caribbean. The aggregated budgets of these
organizations total over $10 billion. LSA is an alliance of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church-Missouri
Synod and their 300 social ministry organizations.
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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.
For information contact:
Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org
