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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. As of December 31, 2023, it has approximately 2.79 million baptized members in 8,498 congregations. [3]
Elizabeth Amy Eaton [1] (born April 2, 1955) is the fourth Presiding Bishop, and the first female Presiding Bishop, [2] of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). ). She was first elected to this post in 2013 and was re-elected for a second term in
Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe - Celebrated by ELCA and LCMS. [26] Martin Luther - German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, with whose teachings Lutheranism is associated. Martin Niemöller - Former U-boat captain who became a theologian and, after initial enthusiasm, turned against Nazism. [27]
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America consists of 65 synods which are configured into nine regional offices. Each of the synods of the ELCA elects one bishop and three synod council officers at its Synod Assembly to oversee the spiritual and organizational activities of its member congregations.
Herbert W. Chilstrom (October 18, 1931 – January 19, 2020) was an American religious leader, who served as the first Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He was re-elected to a four-year term at the 1991 ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Orlando, Florida .
She accepted the La Crosse Synod nomination because she did not know many people in the synod, and was not initially interested in winning, nor did she expect to win. [ 2 ] However, Larson was elected bishop of the Lacrosse Area Synod of the ELCA on June 22, 1992, at the age of 42 and was re-elected twice, in 1996 and 2002. [ 4 ]
The ALC and LCA merged in 1988 with the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). At the 2005 Churchwide Assembly of the ELCA in Orlando, Florida, a special program was held in honor of the 35 years since Platz's history-making ordination.
In addition, the ELCA sponsors the following seminary education programs, which are not on the campus of an ELCA seminary: Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest [1] (Austin, Texas) Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta [2] (Georgia) Former seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: