The Rev. Susan J. Briner, Seguin, Texas, was reelected May 5 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Southwestern Texas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election was held during the synod assembly, May 3-5, at the Omni Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The Rev. Timothy R. Oslovich, Vernon, Conn., was elected April 27 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Alaska Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, April 26-28, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Anchorage.
The Rev. Meghan Johnston Aelabouni, Jerusalem, was elected April 27 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election took place during the synod assembly, April 25-27, at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, Colo.
The
Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) gathered at
the Lutheran Center in Chicago, April 11-14. The council, which serves as the
ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative
authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly, carries out its work in
support of the ELCA’s priority areas of being a welcoming church, a thriving
church, and a connected and sustainable church.
Building on a shared vision for gospel-centered
hospitality and inclusion, Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) and AMMPARO,
the migrant ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), have
entered into a partnership to better train and support asylum-seeker sponsors.
The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) added its voice to concerns about international and domestic situations during its meeting Feb. 27-March 5 at Eaglewood Resort in Itasca, Ill. The conference is an advisory body of the ELCA that comprises 65 synod bishops, the presiding bishop and the secretary.