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by Lauren A. Lamb, ELCA News Service* The Rev. Gerald L. Mansholt was re-elected June 2 to a six-year term as bishop of the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod assembly in Overland Park, Kan., May 31- June 3. Mansholt, 58, was...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Edward F. Leonard III was introduced May 31 as the 13th president of Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan. The college's board of directors elected him in May. Leonard is currently vice president for college advancement at Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio. Bethany College is one of 28 colleges and...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. David B. Zellmer, Lutheran Memorial Lutheran Church, Pierre, S.D. and Grace Lutheran Church, Hayes, S.D., was elected June 1 to a six-year term as bishop of the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Zellmer was elected on the second ballot...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Daryl D. Koenig, a pastor and leader in youth ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), died May 30 at the age of 59. He was an instructor of theology and coordinator of the youth ministry concentration and internship program at Texas Lutheran...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (ELCA) -- The Rev. Michael W. Rinehart, Grace Lutheran Church, Conroe, Texas, was elected June 2 to a six- year term as bishop of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Rinehart, 45, was elected here at the synod assembly on...

by Lauren A. Lamb,* ELCA News Service The Rev. William C. "Wm. Chris" Boerger was re-elected to a six- year term as bishop of the Northwest Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod assembly June 1-2 in Lynnwood, Wash. Boerger, 58, was re-elected on...

by Lauren A. Lamb,* ELCA News Service The Rev. E. Roy Riley Jr. was re-elected to a six-year term as bishop of the New Jersey Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod assembly May 31-June 2 in Brunswick, N.J. Riley, 59, was elected on the...

CHICAGO (ELCA) - The Rev. Duane C. Pederson, senior pastor, First Lutheran Church, Eau Claire, Wis., was elected June 2 to a six-year term as bishop of the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Pederson, 52, was elected on the fifth ballot for bishop,...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. H. Julian Gordy, St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Franklin, Tenn., was elected June 3 to a six- year term as bishop of the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod assembly June 1-3 in Atlanta. Gordy, 56, was elected on...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Jessica R. Crist was elected June 2 to a six-year term as bishop of the Montana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). She was elected on the third ballot for bishop during the synod assembly June 1-3 in Great Falls, Mont. Crist,...

by Frank Imhoff,* ELCA News Service The Rev. Dean W. Nelson, 63, was elected June 1 to a second six- year term as bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) during the synod assembly at California Lutheran University (CLU), Thousand Oaks, Calif. Nelson...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The June 1, 2007, issue of Mosaic Television, the video magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), is "Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace." The program is focused on the plight of the Acholi people of northern Uganda and their readiness to forgive,...

by Melissa Ramirez Cooper*, ELCA News Service The Rev. Craig E. Johnson was elected June 1 to a second six-year term as bishop of the Minneapolis Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod assembly May 31- June 2 in St. Peter, Minn. Johnson, 59,...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) awarded scholarships of $1,000 each to 17 international students attending ELCA colleges and universities in the 2007- 2008 academic year. The scholarships were awarded from the Phoebe Herman Scholarship Endowment Fund through ELCA Vocation and Education. There are 28 ELCA...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) is committed to the long-term recovery of the U.S. Gulf Coast in the years to come, and a key transition in LDR's operation toward volunteer hospitality will help ensure that commitment, according to Heather L. Feltman, executive director of LDR -- a collaborative...

by John R. Brooks, ELCA News Service* The Rev. Robert D. Hofstad was re-elected bishop of the Southwestern Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod assembly May 17-19 in Tacoma, Wash. Hofstad, 59, was re-elected on the third ballot for bishop with 207 votes,...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. John D. Schleicher, assistant to the bishop of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), was elected May 22 to a six-year term as bishop of the synod. Schleicher, 63, was elected on the fifth ballot for bishop, 193-192...

CHICAGO -- Father-daughter team Don Saliers and Emily Saliers are featured guests in a two-part edition of "Grace Matters," the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Part one airs May 27, part two June 3. The Rev. Peter W. Marty, Grace Matters host and senior pastor of...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. John Arthur Nunes, 44, will become the fourth president of Lutheran World Relief (LWR) on July 1. LWR is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), individuals and parish groups in international relief, development, advocacy and social responsibility....

WASHINGTON (ELCA) -- Three synod bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) expressed concern over the May 17 Senate compromise on immigration reform legislation, according to a May 18 news release from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Baltimore. LIRS is a cooperative agency of the Evangelical Lutheran...