June 17, 2013
June 14, 2013
June 13, 2013
- CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. H. Julian Gordy, the Rev. Ralph E. Jones, the Rev. Kurt F. Kusserow, the Rev. Lawrence R. Wohlrabe and the Rev. David B. Zellmer were re-elected this spring to serve six-year terms as synod bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. H. Julian Gordy Gordy, bishop of the ELCA Southeastern Synod, was re-elected for a second six-year term on the first ballot during the synod’s assembly May 31-June 2 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Prior to being elected...
June 12, 2013
- CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. James S. Dunlop, Littlestown, Pa., was elected June 8 to a six-year term as bishop of the Lower Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Dunlop was elected on the fifth ballot during the synod’s assembly June 6-8 in Grantham, Pa. “I felt the movement of the Holy Spirit in the assembly, and I am humbled by the confidence that the Lower Susquehanna Synod has shown in me,” said Dunlop. “It is an incredible time of change fo...
- CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Tracie L. Bartholomew, Lawrenceville, N.J., was elected June 8 to a six-year term as bishop of the New Jersey Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Bartholomew was elected on the fifth ballot during the synod’s assembly June 6-8 in East Brunswick, N.J. “I ask for prayers for me and for our congregations as we transition into this new chapter in our synod. I can't wait to see what new adventures lie ahead,” said Bartholomew. ...
- CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Roger R. Gustafson, Olathe, Kan., was elected June 8 to a six-year term as bishop of the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Gustafson was elected on the fifth ballot during the synod’s assembly June 6-9 in Overland Park, Kan. “Love God, love neighbor. According to Jesus, that’s the ethic that fuels a life of significance and abundance, a life that is satisfying before God,” said Gustafson. “I pray for the wisdom...
June 6, 2013
- CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Jessica R. Crist, the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton and the Rev. Wayne N. Miller were re-elected this spring to serve second six-year terms as synod bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Crist, bishop of the ELCA Montana Synod, was re-elected on the first ballot during the synod assembly May 31-June 2 in Great Falls, Mont. Prior to becoming bishop, Crist served as associate to the bishop of the ELCA Montana Synod from 2003 to 2007, a...
June 4, 2013
- CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Richard N. Hoyme, Chippewa Falls, 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). Hoyme was elected on the fifth ballot during the synod assembly June 1-2 in Eau Claire, Wis. “Jesus tells us we are created to love God and love people. I am praying that as the bishop of the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, I can truly live those words, and through God's grace, ...
June 1, 2013
- CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. R. Guy Erwin was elected May 31 to a six- year term as bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod’s assembly May 30-June 1 in Woodland Hills, Calif. Erwin was elected on the sixth ballot receiving 210 votes of 381 cast. The Rev. Scott Maxwell-Doherty, campus pastor at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif., received 190 votes. The bishop-elect is interim pastor of F...