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by Lauren A. Lamb*, ELCA News Service The summer 2007 World Hunger Resource Packet of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is now available. The packet contains resources to help individuals, congregations and synods learn more about and participate in ending world hunger. "Our 'go and do likewise' theme...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Richard H. Graham, Hope Lutheran Church and Student Center, College Park, Md., was elected June 8 to a six-year term as bishop of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Graham was elected on the fifth ballot for bishop,...

by Lauren A. Lamb*, ELCA News Service The Rev. Ralph E. Jones was re-elected June 7 to a six-year term as bishop of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod assembly in Greenville, Pa., June 7-9. Jones, 52, was elected on the...

by Lauren A. Lamb, ELCA News Service* CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Harold L. Usgaard was re-elected June 8 to a six-year term as bishop of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod assembly in Rochester, June 7-9. Usgaard, 59, was elected...

by Frank Imhoff, ELCA News Service Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is working to meet a 25-month challenge from the ELCA's Mission Investment Fund (MIF). The challenge began June 1, 2006. One year later, Women of the ELCA participants had opened 217 new MIF accounts with...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Wayne N. Miller, St. Mark Lutheran Church, Aurora, Ill., was elected June 9 to serve a six- year term as bishop of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He was elected on the fifth ballot during the synod assembly...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. B. Penrose Hoover, Grace Lutheran Church, Camp Hill, Pa., was elected June 9 to a six-year term as bishop of the Lower Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He was elected on the fifth ballot during the synod assembly June 7-9...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Lawrence R. Wohlrabe, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Moorhead, Minn., was elected June 10 to a six-year term as bishop of the Northwestern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Wohlrabe was elected on the fifth ballot for bishop, 350-209, over the Rev....

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Voting members of the 2007 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly will elect a presiding bishop and secretary, act on a proposed social statement, proposals for stewardship education and mission funding, an initiative on engaging the Bible, and a commitment for greater ELCA involvement in...

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...