CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton will be installed as
presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Oct. 5 at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel in Chicago. The installation is
open to the public; tickets are not required. Worship begins at 2:00 p.m.
(Central); doors open at 1:00 p.m. A free public reception will follow.
Eaton is bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod and is the
ELCA’s first woman presiding bishop-elect. She was elected Aug. 14 at the
2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly held Aug. 12-17 in Pittsburgh.
Prior to becoming synod bishop in 2006, Eaton served as pastor of
Messiah Lutheran Church in Ashtabula, Ohio; interim pastor of Good Hope
Lutheran Church in Boardman, Ohio; and assistant pastor of All Saints
Lutheran Church in Worthington, Ohio. She earned a Master’s of Divinity
degree from Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., and a Bachelor’s
degree in music education from the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio.
She currently serves on a number of boards and committees.
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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
