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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
Morris George Cornell Vaagenes Jr. (September 30, 1929 – May 8, 2023) was an American leader of the Lutheran and Ecumenical Charismatic movement from 1970. He was chairman of the International Lutheran Conference on the Holy Spirit, and an ordained pastor for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
Elling Eielsen (1804-1883) - Founder of The Eielsen Synod (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) Lars Paul Esbjörn (1808-1870) - One of the founders of the Augustana Synod and Augustana College; Johann Fischer (1636-1705) - German theologian and Superintendent of Livonia; Tuve Hasselquist (1816-1891) - Founding President of the Augustana Synod
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.
Khader El-Yateem (Arabic: خضر اليتيم ; born October 20, 1968) is a Palestinian-American community organizer and Lutheran pastor. He is the Executive Director for Service and Justice at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). El-Yateem was a candidate for New York City Council in 2017.
The Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA) is a confessional Lutheran church body in the United States.There are twenty-eight pastors in the diocese, serving congregations in Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin plus Colombia and the Philippines.
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 .