CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Dorothy Jane Marple, pioneering church executive
and coordinator of the transition team for the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America (ELCA), died Aug. 8, 2011, at Artman Lutheran Home in
Ambler, Pa. Marple, a member of St. Michael's Lutheran Church,
Philadelphia, was 84.
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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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Candice Hill Buchbinder
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