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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 2019. Prior to becoming presiding bishop, she served as bishop of the Northeastern Ohio ...
The Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is the chief ecumenical officer of the church, and the leader and caretaker for the bishops of the synods. The presiding bishop chairs the biennial Church-wide Assembly and provides for the preparation of agendas for the assembly, the Church Council and its executive ...
The ELCA is headed by a presiding bishop, who is elected by the Churchwide Assembly for a six-year term (it was a four-year term until 1995). To date, four people have been elected to the position of presiding bishop of the ELCA. Herbert W. Chilstrom served as the first presiding bishop from 1987
The Rev. Greg Busboom, pastor of St. John's Lutheran (ELCA) Church, will be installed bishop of the synod serving central and southern Illinois.
In 1976, Chilstrom became bishop of the Minnesota Synod. Chilstrom was the first ELCA presiding bishop, elected to his post at the church's constituting convention in April 1987. He was re-elected to a four-year term at the 1991 ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Orlando, Florida. Chilstrom was the church's chief ecumenical officer and represented the ...
An Eagle Scout, he was elected class president in high school, won a four-year term on the Franklin Area School Board in 2003 and was selected as bishop on the first ballot in 2007.
By 2008, 7 of the 65 bishops in the ELCA were women and 10 were by 2017. [2] [12] In 2013 the ELCA elected its first female presiding bishop with the election of Elizabeth Eaton. [13] By 2016, 35 percent of the 9,250 active and ordained clergy in the ELCA were women, which grew from only 20 percent in 2000.
David Walter Preus (May 28, 1922 – July 23, 2021) was an American Lutheran minister. He served as the last president/presiding bishop of the American Lutheran Church (ALC) from 1973 until that body merged into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in 1988.